The article attempts to illustrate the notion of sociological portrait as a distinct sub-type of the more
general notion of portrait. The general notion of portrait dissected into sub-types, and their
descriptions are given. This provides opportunity to see the key aspects and characteristics of the
notion of sociological portrait, which is one of the components constituting the general notion of
portrait. Moreover, the comparative analysis of the types of portrait is also provided.

Portrait, historical portrait,

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