Word: portrait
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...middle 1880s, Commodore Vanderbilt was staying at a hotel in Paris, having his portrait painted by Meissonier. In the course of one of the sittings, he asked the painter which of his paintings was his favorite. Meissonier answered: "Le Renseignement. But it is in the hands of the enemies of France; it is in Berlin...
Vanderbilt had the picture purchased and sent to his hotel. When Meissonier came for the next sitting, Vanderbilt . . . said: "I am going to give you that picture."' You may imagine Meissonier's delight, and he did not charge Vanderbilt for the portrait...
...Strongman Perón unveiled his secretary's handiwork. At a caucus of Peronista delegates in suburban Olivos, he explained his proposals for a solid 2½ hours. From a backdrop, San Martin the Liberator looked out upon the assembly; the shield of Argentina balanced his blown-up portrait. Only once did Perón break off: to introduce la Señora and her grey poodle, Negrita, to the delegates. When the Perón speech was over, most Argentines, well aware that the revisions would be steamrollered through next week's constitutional convention, wondered what...
...temptress without even trying, has never shown so strikingly that she can be an actress as well. But, in a picture crowded with skilled performances-by Kirk Douglas, Miss Sothern, and Thelma Ritter as an aggressively democratic maid-of-all-work-Paul Douglas' spaniel-faced portrait of a tough guy stands by itself...
Show business has given him a theatrical sense. Pie maintains the "little man" legend by wearing army pants and brown leather flyer's jacket, on the back of which is a faded pin-up girl portrait...