The official photograph of the president’s second term has the gloss of his 1980s architecture, but its A.I.-like haze is ...

Gilbert Stuart painted the famous Lansdowne portrait of George Washington. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Photos via Wikimedia Commons and Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Gilbert ...

Known as the "Lansdowne" portrait after the man for whom it was painted, the 8-by-5-foot painting captures the first president of the United States in a stately pose three years before his death.

Gilbert Stuart, Lansdowne portrait (George Washington), 1796. [Image: Wiki Commons] This precedent began as early as George Washington, who chose to be depicted in his civilian attire despite his ...

Historians at the National Portrait Gallery are excited about the opportunity to hang the Lincoln next to the historic 1796 "Lansdowne" portrait of George Washington by George Stuart. The last ...

The 9-foot-tall creation of Dutch painter W.F.K. Travers was hung next to another celebrated presidential image − the 1796 "Lansdowne" portrait of George Washington by George Stuart. The last ...

In short, he still needed money. This painting, which also hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, would become known as the Lansdowne portrait, named for William Petty, first Marquess of ...