You know you’ve reached a certain level of power when your face gets immortalized in a portrait that hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Where lighting, brushstrokes, and historical trauma all come together under one very expensive roof. The Gallery is basically America’s yearbook, except instead of embarrassing prom photos, you get artistic interpretations ranging from “timeless statesman” to “hungover at a Chili’s.” Let’s talk about the highlights, shall we? Abraham Lincoln: Classy AF Lincoln’s portrait radiates the kind of quiet, tortured gravitas that says, “Yes, I abolished slavery, and I’d still remember your birthday.” He’s draped in
