America's Presidents

National Portrait Gallery

8th Street NW and F Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 633-1000
Fax: (202) 275-1887

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Gallery Place-Chinatown

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The nation’s only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House, this permanent exhibition lies at the heart of the Portrait Gallery’s mission to tell the American story through the individuals who have shaped it. The exhibition displays multiple images of the past 42 presidents of the United States, including the greatest historical painting in the nation’s history, Gilbert Stuart’s “Lansdowne” portrait of George Washington. Also included are the famous “cracked plate” photograph of Abraham Lincoln and whimsical sculptures of Presidents Johnson, Carter and Nixon by noted caricaturist Pat Oliphant. Five presidents are given expanded attention because of their significant impact on the office: Washington, Andrew Jackson, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt.