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Thousands of people traverse historic Lafayette Park every day to get a glimpse of the White House. The park, right...
Benjamin Harrison Portrait
- Artist
- Eastman Johnson
- Date of Work
- 1895
- Medium
- Oil on Canvas
- Type
- Portrait
- Credit
- White House Historical Association/White House Collection
Benjamin Harrison Portrait
President Benjamin Harrison was painted by Eastman Johnson (1824-1906) in 1895 in New York, two years after Harrison left the White House.
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