Miller wrote: “To dream of gazing upon the portrait of some beautiful person, denotes that, while you enjoy pleasure, you…” Compare 3 historical dream books.
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Portrait · Heading 1598; source lines 18051–18061 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of gazing upon the portrait of some beautiful person, denotes that, while you enjoy pleasure, you can but feel the disquieting and treacherousness of such joys. Your general affairs will suffer loss after dreaming of portraits. See Pictures, Photographs, and Paintings.
Felix Fontaine
The Golden Wheel Dream-book and Fortune-teller · 1862
Portrait · Heading 602; source line 3869 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of having your portrait taken, is a sign some one will compliment your good looks; but if you are dissatisfied and think it a bad likeness, the compliment will run in a contrary direction, and you will be called frightfully ugly-looking behind your back.
Katherine Taylor Craig
The Fabric of Dreams: Dream Lore and Dream Interpretation, Ancient and Modern · New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1918; original US edition
Portrait · Printed p. 245; NLM OCR lines 11502–11505 · OCR transcription
Original source (English)
A dream forecasting long life to the person represented, especially if the portrait be painted on wood. To receive or to give one away, treason (Gypsy).
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