pourtraiture

For Xenophon who did imitate so excellently as to give us effigiem justi imperii, the pourtraiture of a just Empyre under the name of Cyrus, as Cicero saith of him, made therein an absolute heroicall Poeme.

Defence of Poesie 1992

"Over his body was erected a very comely monument of long quadrangular form, having four corner pilasters supporting a fair table of black marble, and, within, the pourtraiture of the bishop lying in his Episcopal habit."

The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See W.D. Sweeting

Take for instance the pourtraiture of his first sensations on hearing music, than which nothing can be finer.

First Reviews 1823

His wild invocation to the * f Great God of Battles/1 p. 5, and all the fubfequcnt pourtraiture of the "wreck of matter, the crufh of worlds, ** might well have been fparcd.

The Monthly Review 1795