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Recent Acquisitions, 2025
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Recent Acquisitions, 2025

On view: November 3, 2023- October 19, 2025
First floor

Up Close with George Washington
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Up Close with George Washington

Google Arts and Culture On-line exhibition

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Ubicación del museo

Galería Nacional de Retratos
Calles 8 y F NW
Washington, DC 20001

Hours

Open 7 days a week
11:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Closed Dec. 25

Reflejos

  • Black and white portrait of a woman in a flowing white dress seated with flowers.

    Meserve Collection Highlights: Modern Prints from Mathew Brady’s Portrait Negatives

    The Portrait Gallery’s vast collection of Civil War-era, portrait negatives is represented in this exhibition through nine modern prints from Mathew Brady’s (c. 1823–1896) original photographic negatives. Portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ulysses Grant, and Emma, Queen of Hawai’i are featured, along with an original, glass-plate negative and one of Brady’s wooden storage boxes.

  • A daguerreotype of a balding man in profile wearing a suit

    From Shadow to Substance: Grand-Scale Portraits During Photography’s Formative Years

    Photographers seeking customers during the medium’s early years often urged the public to “Secure the shadow, ere the substance fade.” Hinting at life’s fragility, this tagline underscored photography’s ability to capture a fleeting likeness and preserve it for posterity.

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