Every picture tells a story, and presidential portraits help tell vital ones, not only about the man portrayed ... portraits in the 19th and much of the 20th century. The most iconic ...

click image for close-up All that is known of Yarrow Mamout, an enslaved African who died a free man at a very old age ... supposedly a rarity in 19th century America, though that question ...

A full-length oil portrait painting of Lady Bridget by Thomas Gibson (English, 1680-1751), and a bust oil portrait painting ...