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National Portrait Gallery |
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 Noah Webster (1758-1843), writer, dictionary maker, by James Herring (1833). |
2024 |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Sequoia (c1770-1843) developed an alphabet for the Cherokee language. Artist: Henry Inman (c1830). |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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John J Pershing (1860-1948), USA WW1 general, by Sir William Orpen (c1919). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Gallery of famous people. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Orson Wells (1915-1985) in the form of a poster (1948) by Gus Anton. Wells was a stage and movie actor and writer. This is from an exhibition of famous people portraits. |
2024 |
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) by Max Westfield in 1944. Einstein was a Swiss physicist who revolutionised physics between 1905 and 1915. |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Walt Disney (1901-1966), a cartoon film maker, by Henry Major (c1928). Disney is shown being drawn by Micky Mouse, one of his creations. |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), Mexican artist, by Magda Pach (1933). |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), USA writer, by Joe Davidson (1923, terracotta). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Ernest Hemingway (writer, 1899-1961) by Henry Strater (1930). Hemingway travelled around the world and committed suicide back in the USA. |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Linus Pauling (1901-1994), the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes. His work explained why atoms produce different elements. Artist: Alice Neel (1969). |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Katharine Hepburn (1907-2003), movie actor, by Everett Raymond Kinstler (1982). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Katharine Hepburn's Acadamy Awards for "Morning Glory" (1933). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Robert F Kennedy (1925-1968), former attorny general and presidential candidate when assassinated, by Gardner Cox (1968). |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Alexander Hamilton (c1757-1804), politician who had a musical written about him, by John Trumbull (1806). Hamilton died after being shot in a duel. |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), inventor and businessman, by Abraham Archibald Anderson (1890). |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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George Gershwin (1898-1937), musician, by Arthur Kauffmann (1936). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Elvis Presley (1935-1977), rock and roll singer. The artist is Ralph Wolfe Cowan (seating 1968, painting completed and donated by artist, 1988). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968), movie actor and socialite, by Augustus John (1930). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Joan Baez (born 1941), folk singer, song writer, by Russell Hoban (1962). |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Thelonius Monk (1917-1982), jazz pianist, by Boris Chaliapin (1964). |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Lottie Lenya (born in Austria, 1898-1981), stage actress and singer, by Saul Bolasni (c1954). Lenya influenced Marlene Dietrich and later fled Nazi Germany. |
2024 |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993), jazz trumpeter, by Marc Klionsky (1988). |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Lena Horne (1917-2010), jazz singer and civil rights activist, by Edward Biberman (1947). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Part of the original building. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Ballerinas" (c1933) by Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948). The artist was the wife of writer, F Scott Fitzgerald. |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Lillian Evanti" (1940) by Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998). Evanti was an opera singer. |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Self Portrait" (1923) by Frances Cranmer Greenman (1890-1981), a portait artist. |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Manifest Destiny" (2004) by Alexis Rockman (born 1962) is a painting about the environmental issues faced by North America. |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Dust Bowl" (1933) by Alexandre Hogue (1898-1994) is a painting about the ecological devastation in the USA during the 1930s. |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"The Gift" (1922) by Ernest L Blumenscein (1874-1960). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Amarilla" (1927) by Joseph A Fleck (1892-1977) from Austria. |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Corn Dance, Taos Pueblo" (1934) by Norman S Chamberlain (1887-1961). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"After Them" (1928) by Walter Ufer (1876-1936). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Detail from "After Them" (Walter Ufer). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Sunset Dance, Ceremony to the Evening Sun" (1924) by Joseph Henry Sharp (1859-1953). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Riders at Sunset" (1935-1945) by E Martin Hennings (1886-1956). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Detail of a figure on a horse from "Riders at Sunset" (E Martin Hennings). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Red pepper Time" (c1930) by Oscar Edmund Berninghaus (1874-1952). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"The Purple Dress" (c1910) by William Glackens (1870-1938). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"The White Ballet" (1904) by Everett Shinn (1876-1953), a painter influenced by French artists, Degas and Toulouse-Lautrec. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Snow Fields, Winter in the Berkshires" (1909) by Rockwell Kent (1882-1971). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"In The Garden" (c1894) by Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Spring" (1890) by Thomas Wilmer Dewing. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"The South Ledges, Appledore" (1913) by Childe Hassam (1859-1935). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Detail of a woman with a hat from "The South Ledges, Appledore" (Childe Hassam). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Novembre, Etaples" (c1885) by Walter Gay (1856-1937). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Detail of a woman gardening from "Novembre, Etaples" (Walter Gay). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Valparaiso Harbour" (1866) by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Sundown" (1884) by George Inness (1825-1894). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"The Moose Chase" (1888) by George de Forest Brush (1855-1941). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"A Dog Swap" (1881) by Richard Norris Brooke (1847-1920). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Niagara" (1889) by George Inness. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"The Top of Mount Sinai with the Chapel of Elijah" (c1844) by Miner Kilbourne Kellog (1814-1889). |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Detail from "The Top of Mount Sinai with the Chapel of Elijah" (Miner Kilbourne Kellog). |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Cafe at Biskra, Algeria" (1884) by Frederic Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928). |
2024 |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Aurora Borealis" (1865) by Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"By The Seaside, New Jersey Shore" (1883) by Francis A Silva (1835-1886). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Detail of a boat from "By The Seaside, New Jersey Shore" (Francis A Silva). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Shimomura Crossing the Delaware" (2010), a self prortraIt, by Roger Shimomura (born 1939), a Japanese-American artist. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Old Black Joe" (1943) by Horace Pippin (1888-1946). Pippin was from a former slave family and was disabled after fighting in WW1. He painted by using his left hand to guide his right hand. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Midnight Sun, Lofoten" (1937) by William H Johnson (1901-1970). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Grandma Moses Goes to the Big City" (1946) by Grandma Moses (born Anna Mary Robertson Moses, 1860-1961). Moses was a folk artist who began painting at age 78. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Cape Cod Morning" (1950) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"People in the Sea" (1960) by Edward Hopper. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Detail from "People in the Sea" (Edward Hopper). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Storm King on the Hudson" (1866) by Samuel Colman (1832-1920). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Detail of a boat from "Storm King on the Hudson" (Samuel Colman) |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Black Knife, an Apache Warrior" (1846) by John Mix Stanley (1814-1872). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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"Greenwood Lake" (1875) by Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823-1900). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Joan Crawford (1904-1977) and Clark Gable (1901-1960), movie actors, from a photo exhibition of the Golden Age of Cinema stars by photographer, George Hurrell (1904-1992). This photo dates from 1936. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992), movie actor (1937). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Spencer Tracy (1900-1967), movie actor (1936). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (1878-1949), tap dancer (1935). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984), former swimmer and later actor who first played Tarzan (photo, 1935). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Greta Garbo (1905-1990), Swedish born movie actor (1930). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Jean Harlow (1911-1937), movie actor (1934). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr (1909-2000), movie actor (c1933). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Gypsy Rose Lee (born Rose Louise Hovick, 1911-1970), movie actor (1937). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Joan Crawford (1904-1977), movie actor (1936). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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National Portrait Gallery |
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Dorothy Lamour (1914-1996), movie actor (c1937). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
Foggy Bottom |
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The Foggy Bottom area of the city. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
Foggy Bottom |
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Traditional houses in Foggy Bottom. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
Foggy Bottom |
Watergate |
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The Watergate Hotel complex where events led to the resignation of President Nixon. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
Foggy Bottom |
Watergate |
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Entrance to the Watergate Hotel. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
Foggy Bottom |
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House. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Metro station in the Downtown area. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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Car park on 10th Street. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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The FBI building. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Ford's Theatre |
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Ford's Theatre in the centre of the city. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Ford's Theatre |
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The spacious interior. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Ford's Theatre |
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The theatre is famous as the site where the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln was fatally shot in 1865. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
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Washington DC |
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Ford's Theatre |
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The box where Abraham Lincoln (the 16th USA President) was sitting when he was assassinated in 1865. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Ford's Theatre |
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View of the seating in Lincoln's box. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Ford's Theatre |
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The single shot gun used to kill Lincoln. The Assassin was a well known actor, John Wilkes Booth, a pro-slavery, white supremacist. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Ford's Theatre |
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Theatre tickets for 14 April 1865, the day of the Assassination. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Ford's Theatre |
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Photograph of the family of Abraham Lincoln in the theatre museum. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Ford's Theatre |
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Lincoln with his son, Willie. |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Ford's Theatre |
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The assassin, John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865). |
2024 |
| United States of America |
District of Columbia |
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Washington DC |
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Ford's Theatre |
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Items used by Lincoln's friend and bodyguard. |
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