Examples of sitter

• Accounts tended to cite only the artist in the case of old masters and usually documented portraits by the names of the sitters.

• However, even the most credulous sitter balked at the notion of an otherworldly visitor wearing stays.

• Her male sitters responded enthusiastically to this exhibition.

• If they had other small children they were concerned about getting them out of bed, or finding a sitter at night.

• Portraits with female sitters prevail, and it is also noticeable that more attention is paid to the description of female sitters than to male ones.

• Successful portraits were predicated on artists using their visual intelligence in relation to specific sitters.

• Before photography a basic requirement of portraiture was an accurate resemblance to the sitter, yet this apparent objectivity was frequently manipulated into different political agendas.

• The sitter ought to have known that, and therein lies her mistake.