Beginning with painter Gilbert Stuart's portrait of George Washington, it has been tradition for the president of the United States to have an official portrait taken during their time in office, most
The Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, the first presidential portrait
Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent, 1903
George Washington
John Adams
John F. Kennedy
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president, at 43 years, a
Portraits of presidents of the United States
…official White House portrait. The Johansen painting now resides at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa. President John F. Kennedy's official portrait was painted posthumously by Aaron Shikler at the request of Jacqueline Kennedy in 1970. It is generally analyzed as a character…
Oval Office portrait, 1963
The Kennedy family in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, with JFK at top left in the white shirt, c. 1931
Kennedy on his navy patrol boat, the PT-109, 1943
Kennedy (standing, far right) and his crew on the deck of PT 109 in the Solomon Islands, 1943