We are pleased to feature these virtual exhibitions, developed specifically for the National Portrait Gallery website.




Cover Art: The TIME Collection at the National Portrait Gallery

The portraits displayed in this site represent the compelling variety of personalities and art that have distinguished Time covers for more than three-quarters of a century. Heroes and rogues, queens and presidents, popes and pop stars, singers and athletes—all have been ensconced, in one form or fashion, within Time’s trademark red border

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CivilWar@Smithsonian

For the first time ever, a large number of selections from the Smithsonian Institution's vast Civil War collections are available instantly to people around the world.

The initial 250 objects that comprise this site were selected from thousands of artifacts by Smithsonian curators at six organizations and include uniforms, equipment, weapons, and paintings and photographs of some of the war's most celebrated personalities.

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Picturing Business in America
Hedcuts in The Wall Street Journal

First invented in 1979, The Wall Street Journal’s distinctive portrait heads, known as "hedcuts" or "dot-drawings" have attained the status of an American icon, readily identifiable with one of the country’s best-known business publications.

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PURCHASE GALLERY BOOKS AND CATALOGS
View the Gallery's extensive collection of books and exhibition catalogs. Publica-
tions are available through
the National Portrait Gallery
or the respective publishers.
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