The varnish changes color over time ... Stuart began this portrait of President John Adams during his presidency in 1800, but he did not complete the portrait until 15 years later.

The National Portrait Gallery has acquired the earliest known photograph of a U.S. President for its permanent collection. Dating from 1843, the photograph of President John Quincy Adams is a ...

In addition to being the United States’s second president after George Washington, John Adams was a prominent lawyer and political author. He’s also remembered for the people he surrounded ...

This is the story behind that portrait. Nothing was left to chance when the Carters posed on Nov. 6, 1979, in the East Room of the White House. The artist, Ansel Adams, carefully arranged each ...

Dorothy Mae Adams-Streeter posed for a portrait at her 75th birthday party. Her image, floating in a brandy snifter, has a powerful resonance. By Sandra E. Garcia On New Year’s Day, when Eric ...

Show more John Adams is the living composer who is most widely performed today. This visually rich portrait of the composer by award-winning film maker Mark Kidel explores the influences that have ...

BOSTON – As she unveiled a portrait ... if Abigail Adams felt something similar at times,” the Ashland Democrat said. Allgor said that Adams, a Weymouth native, served as “John Adams ...

"We have not men fit for the times," lamented John Adams. "We are deficient in genius, education, in travel, fortune _ in everything." Yet, compared to today's politicians, the men who wrote the ...