Portraits

"Portraits" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Works consisting of graphic representations, especially of the face, of real persons, usually posed, living or dead. They are pictures whose purpose is the portrayal of an individual or group of individuals, not pictures which merely include people as part of an event or scene. (From Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II, p540, 1995)

Descriptor ID

D019477

MeSH Number(s)

V02.700.600

Concept/Terms

Portraits

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Publication Characteristics [V]
Publication Formats [V02]
Pictorial Works [V02.700]
Portraits [V02.700.600]

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