http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/5/9/597568/1232596116613.JPEG
Who is that man? Please serious answer only and quote your source. Is it a previous president?
Why was the painting changed??????????
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Why was the painting changed??????????
Interesting… there is normally a WWII map hanging over that mantel !! http://whitehousemuseum.org/floor0/map-room.htm
I’m not familiar with the portrait, but it is doesn’t appear to be Andrew Jackson.
I’ve contacted the White House and White House Museum to get an answer….
The portrait is of Benjamin Henry Latrobe: a British-born American architect best known for his design of the United States Capitol (painting by Charles Willson Peale)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Latrobe
I’m still waiting for confirmation from the White House.
EDIT: Still waiting for a response from the White House, BUT… I would imagine they swapped the portrait and map because a press-aide or the photographer said "Gee, we want to take it in front of the mantel, BUT that map just doesn’t look right… HEY, let’s move this portrait of the "old guy" in there… YEAH, that will look GOOD !!"
I remember on several episodes of the "West Wing" the ‘consultants’ from the Clinton Admin added in such anecdotes to the script… how MANY of those in the administration would be unaware of the history of various rooms and the art within.
February 17th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
looks like andrew jackson
heres another picture of him
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/index6.htm
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February 17th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Interesting… there is normally a WWII map hanging over that mantel !! http://whitehousemuseum.org/floor0/map-room.htm
I’m not familiar with the portrait, but it is doesn’t appear to be Andrew Jackson.
I’ve contacted the White House and White House Museum to get an answer….
The portrait is of Benjamin Henry Latrobe: a British-born American architect best known for his design of the United States Capitol (painting by Charles Willson Peale)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Latrobe
I’m still waiting for confirmation from the White House.
EDIT: Still waiting for a response from the White House, BUT… I would imagine they swapped the portrait and map because a press-aide or the photographer said "Gee, we want to take it in front of the mantel, BUT that map just doesn’t look right… HEY, let’s move this portrait of the "old guy" in there… YEAH, that will look GOOD !!"
I remember on several episodes of the "West Wing" the ‘consultants’ from the Clinton Admin added in such anecdotes to the script… how MANY of those in the administration would be unaware of the history of various rooms and the art within.
References :