Official Presidential Portraits: From Worst to Less Worst

In light of the new presidential portrait unveiling, I started researching presidential portraits of the past. (I also may or may not have been stuck in bed all day with the flu and had a bit of time on my hands.) As a portrait artist who makes a living off of evaluating people’s art, I figured… let’s JUDGE THEM ALL!

(All images from The White House Historical Association.)

William Henry Harrison, by James Reid Lambdin

No. No no no. Where is his brain? Undersized skull. CLASSIC ERROR.

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