Presidential Portraits by BruceM

Who painted the 1796 Lansdowne portrait of George Washington?

What Pennsylvania senator, one of the richest men in the colonial U.S., commissioned the Lansdowne portrait?

Who painted a portrait of John Adams, in addition to General George Washington Resigning His Commission and Capture of the Hessians at Trenton?

Either of two answers is acceptable. Name either the 17th century Dutch painter of The Jewish Bride and Philosopher in Meditation, or the American portraitist (named after that Dutch painter) who painted the official portrait of Thomas Jefferson.

What American inventor painted the official portrait of James Monroe before turning his talents to communication technology?

Who painted portraits of every U.S. president from John Quincy Adams through Ulysses S. Grant? This author of Reminiscences of a Portrait Painter also depicted several Union figures aboard a steamboat in The Peacemakers.

What now-defunct museum in Washington, D.C., found at 500 17th St., NW, was home to the series of portraits mentioned in the previous question?

Théobald Chartran painted the first official presidential portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, which Teddy had destroyed after one of the Roosevelt children compared the photo unfavorably to what kind of animal?

Who painted the second (and still extant) Teddy Roosevelt portrait? As the story goes, this painter of Portrait of Madame X told Teddy that the president didn't understand what it took to make a good portrait; TR whirled around with his hand on the newel (staircase pillar) and exclaimed, "Do I?!"

What work, by the artist from the previous question, shows Dolly and Polly Bernard (ages 11 and 7) lighting Asian lanterns? The four-word title of this work contains a repeated word.

The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has a Douglas Chandor portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt that includes several bonus depictions of what body part?

Either of two answers is acceptable. One artist met John F. Kennedy in Palm Beach, Florida, and subsequently depicted JFK in watercolors based on her observations. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis commissioned another artist for a posthumous oil painting that shows JFK gazing downward. Name either artist.

(If it helps, the former was married to the creator of the abstract painting Police Gazette.)

What three-word phrase begins the title of "Images of the Black Civil Rights Movement" captured by Robert Templeton (portraitist of Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter)? This phrase is also prominent in the Rudyard Kipling poem "Recessional."

What pulp comic book artist worked on Zorro and Strange Worlds (among other titles) before shifting to portraiture and depicting Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan?

Who created the massive (nine feet by seven feet) head shot of Bill Clinton that hangs in the National Gallery? Despite being wheelchair-bound and mostly paralyzed since a 1988 seizure, he has painted grid squares with a brush strapped to his wrist.

Who painted the recently unveiled portrait of Barack Obama -- inspiration for this quiz -- sitting on a chair in front of greenery? (Not to be confused with Amy Sherald's depiction of Michelle Obama.)