Francis Preston Blair, Jr., Blair House Collection

This is an engraving of Francis P. Blair, Jr., commonly referred to as Frank, by John Sartain. Blair, Jr. was a colonel of the First Missouri Light Artillery in the Civil War. In this engraving, Blair, Jr. is sitting in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Blair was a member of the Blair family that lived in the eponymous Blair House. The house is located across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House and has been used as the president's guest house since the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Visiting diplomats and dignitaries stay at Blair House while on official visits with the White House and is historically where the president-elect and first family reside prior to taking the oath of office.