Secret Service and the Presidents
Historian William Seale has described presidential protection as a learning process, with presidents and their families and the Secret Service...
Grover Cleveland
- Artist
- Eastman Johnson
- Date of Work
- 1891
- Medium
- Oil on Canvas
- Type
- Portrait
- Credit
- White House Historical Association (White House Collection)
Grover Cleveland
This oil on canvas portrait of President Grover Cleveland was painted by Eastman Johnson in 1891.
This oil on canvas portrait of President Grover Cleveland was painted by Eastman Johnson. Johnson's career covered several subjects including portraits of famous Americans and Native American communities. Cleveland was elected president twice, but in non-consecutive terms, serving from 1885-1889, then from 1893-1897. Prior to his first presidency, Cleveland had been governor of New York.
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