Grecian profile
Americannoun
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"The young woman, with her Grecian profile and athletic, statuesque frame, inspired Picasso's greatest achievements in a variety of media," said Simon Shaw, Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art department in New York.
From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2012
From his nervous, scratchy pen sprang that sensational figure, the Gibson Girl, a majestic creature with an imposing pompadour, large bust and perfect Grecian profile.
From Time Magazine Archive
Odalite, the eldest, was thought to resemble both parents, having the Grecian profile and the fair complexion 11 of her mother, and the black eyes and black hair of her father.
From Her Mother's Secret by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
He was a quiet, simple, elderly personage, with eyes brown and bright, under a slightly impending brow, and a Grecian profile, such as he might have cut with his own chisel.
From The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Well, as a matter of fact she has straight black hair and a pure Grecian profile and is altogether the most beautiful creature you ever saw!...
From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells
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