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Gilbert Stuart tartly maintained that "no one would paint history who could do a portrait," but as the chief depicter of George Washington, he showed that to paint portraits is often to paint great history.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bruyère translated and continued Theophrastus; he was a moralist, or rather a depicter of morals.

From Initiation into Literature by Gordon, Home, Sir, Bart.

As a register of facts—as a portrayer of men, singly, or assembled—and as a depicter of actual scenery, art is biography, history, and topography taught through the eye.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Nor does Bracciolini shine as a depicter of character.

From Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century by Ross, John Wilson

I knew the Nation wuzn't a-goin' to depicter woman with the hull earth at her feet, and then deny her the rights of the poorest dog that walks that globe.

From Samantha at the World's Fair by Grimm, Baron C. de