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George Washington, oil on canvas by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1803-1805
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gift of Jean McGinley Draper, 1954.9.2
John Adams, portrait by Gilbert Stuart c. 1821
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1979.4.1
Thomas Jefferson, portrait by Charles Willson Peale
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gift of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge IV in memory of his great-grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, his grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge II, and his father, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge III, 1986.71.
James Madison, (16 Mar 1751 - 28 Jun 1836), by Chester Harding
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., (object no. NPG.68.50)
James Monroe, oil on canvas by John Vanderlyn, 1816
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (object no. NPG.70.59)
Earliest known photograph of a U.S. President, image of President John Quincy Adams...
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Acquired through the generosity of the Secretary of the Smithsonian and the Smithsonian National Board; The Burnett Family Fund; Carl and Marilynn Thoma; Connie and Dennis Keller; Tim Lindholm and Lucy Gaylord Lindholm; Mr. and Mrs. John W. McCarter, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gidwitz; Ellen G. Miles and Neil R. Greene; Ronnyjane Goldsmith; David D. Hiller; Richard and Janet Horwood; and Mary Martell.
Andrew Jackson, portrait by Thomas Sully, c. 1845
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1942.8.34
Martin van Buren, photograph (salted paper print from glass negative) by Mathew Brady,...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1956 (accession no. 56.517.4); www.metmuseum.org
William Henry Harrison, oil on canvas by Albert Gallatin Hoit, 1840
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (object no. NPG.67.5)
John Tyler, official White House portrait by George P.A. Healy, 1859.
© Everett Historical/Shutterstock
James K. Polk, oil on canvas by George Peter Alexander Healy, 184
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift from the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund (object no. NPG.2019.14)
Zachary Taylor, oil on canvas by John Vanderlyn, c. 1850-52
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund (object no. NPG.2019.26)
Millard Fillmore, photograph (glass plate collodion negative) by Mathew Brady Studio,...
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection (object no. NPG.81.M14)
Franklin Pierce, daguerreotype by Mathew Brady, c. 1852
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-USZ62-110136)
James Buchanan, oil on canvas by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1859
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund (object no. NPG.2019.18)
Abraham Lincoln, oil on canvas by George H. Story, 1916
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; gift of Mrs. E. H. Harriman (object no. 1916.3.1)
Andrew Johnson, photograph (glass plate collodion negative) by Mathew Brady Studio,...
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection (object no. NPG.81.M11)
Ulysses S. Grant, oil on canvas mounted on masonite by Samuel Bell Waugh, 1869
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; gift of the International Business Machines Corporation, 1962 (object no. NPG.65.26)
Rutherford B. Hayes, oil on canvas by Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1881
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery (object no. NPG.2019.11)
James Garfield, oil on canvas by Ole Peter Hansen Ballin, 1881
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; gift of the International Business Machines Corporation, 1962 (object no. NPG.65.25)
Chester A. Arthur, oil on canvas by Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 1881
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; gift of Mrs. Harry Newton Blue (object no. NPG.67.62)
Grover Cleveland, portrait
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-48559)
Benjamin Harrison, portrait, c.1896
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ62-134885)
Grover Cleveland, portrait
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-48559)
William McKinley, portrait, circa 1900
© Library of Congress—Corbis Historical/Getty Images
Theodore Roosevelt, portrait, 1903
C.M. Bell/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-35954)
William Howard Taft, portrait
Harris & Ewing Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-hec-15124)
Warren G. Harding, c. 1905-1945
Harris & Ewing, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-hec-18302)
Calvin-Coolidge, portrait
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. 3a53302u)
Herbert Hoover, photo c. 1910-1945
Harris & Ewing Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-hec-18541)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, taken during the 1944 Official Campaign Portrait session by...
FDR Presidential Library & Museum
Dwight D. Eisenhower, portrait, May 26, 1959
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph (NH 85938-KN )
John F. Kennedy, c. 1961-1963
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
Richard M. Nixon, official portrait, July 8, 1971
White House Photo/Nixon Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
Gerald Ford, official portrait, August 1974
Courtesy, Gerald R. Ford Library; photograph, David Hume Kennerly
Donald Trump, official portrait at The White House, in Washington, D.C., on October...
White House photograph by Shealah Craighead/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-ppbd-00608)
Donald Trump, official portrait at The White House, in Washington, D.C., on October...
White House photograph by Shealah Craighead/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-ppbd-00608)
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