Meanings
nounpen-picture (plural pen-pictures)
plural pen-pictures
- alternativeAlternative form of pen picture.
Mr. [Timothy Shay] Arthur has been, and is, a close observer, and in his pictures of domestic life, his groups include all the necessary characters, while the back ground and filling up take in all the accessories and incidentals, which, skilfully managed, give a pen-picture its vraisemblance.
1842 April 30, “Six Nights with the Washingtonians: A Series of Original Temperance Tales. New York: Curry & Co., 155 Broadway [book review]”, in Brother Jonathan, volume II, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Wilson and Company, →OCLC, page 17, column 2
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