Temporary road closures will be in place around the Gallery until 11 March during the Enlighten Festival.
Thomas Jefferson 1805 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, engravings on paper, Smithsonian – National Portrait Gallery, Washington Gift of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon
Joanna Gilmour examines the prolific output of Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, and discovers the risk of taking a portrait at face value.
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