Usually means: Detailed, vivid written description sketch.
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  1. pen picture: Merriam-Webster
  2. pen-picture: Wordnik
  3. pen-picture, pen picture: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pen picture)

noun:  A written description, often biographical.
noun:  (art, archaic) A picture drawn with a pen.

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