Visual Description tour of select portraits in America’s Presidents

English 1h 11

Encounter presidential portraits through rich visual descriptions. Tailored to visitors who are blind or partially sighted but engaging for all.

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  1. Visual Description of George Washington (The Lansdowne Portrait) by Gilbert Stuart

    5:25m | Room No.1

  2. Visual Description of Thomas Jefferson by Mather Borwn

    5:42m | Room No.3

  3. Visual Description of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner

    4:26m | Room No.16

  4. Visual Description of Theodore Roosevelt by Adrian Lamb

    5:20m | Room No. 26

  5. Visual Description of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Douglas Chandor

    7:27m | Room No.32

  6. Visual Description of John F. Kennedy by Elaine de Kooning

    4:54m | Room No.35

  7. Visual Description of Richard M. Nixon by Norman Rockwell

    4:59m | Room No.37

  8. Visual Description of Jimmy Carter by Robert Templeton

    5:33m | Room No.39

  9. Visual Description of William J. Clinton by Chuck Close

    6:24m | Room No.42

  10. Visual Description of Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley

    8:00m | Room No.44

  11. Visual description tour of Thomas Jefferson by Gilbert Stuart

    6:15m | Room No. 3

Featured artworks

George Washington 1732–1799 (“Lansdowne” Portrait)

Thomas Jefferson, 1743–1826

Abraham Lincoln

Theodore Roosevelt

Credits

Produced by Smartify CIC in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.