The nation’s only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House, this exhibition lies at the very heart of the Portrait Gallery’s mission to tell the American story through the individuals who have shaped it. The exhibition showcases an enhanced and extended display of multiple images of the past 42 presidents of the United States, including the greatest historical painting in the nation’s history, Gilbert Stuart’s “Lansdowne” portrait of George Washington. Also included are the famous “cracked plate” image of Abraham Lincoln and whimsical sculptures of Presidents Johnson, Carter and Nixon by noted caricaturist Pat Oliphant. Five presidents are given expanded attention because of their significant impact on the office: George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt.