The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...

In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an American victory over the British at the 1777 Battle of Princeton.

The Trump administration displayed a new view of President Donald Trump’s Oval Office, bearing 20 different portraits of the ...

this exhibition lies at the heart of the Portrait Gallery's mission to tell the American story through the individuals who have shaped it. Ever since George Washington became President in 1789, the ...

An intriguing portrait believed by some to be of England’s ill-fated queen, Lady Jane Grey, could be the only one painted ...

Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England’s shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane ...

New York-based visual artist Tschabalala Self was commissioned to create portraits of the powerhouse men in the Washington family—father Denzel and sons John David and Malcolm—behind the ...