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Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations
The history of Cyprus is revealed through a rich collection of antiquities, many of which are traveling outside the country for the first time.
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Delivering Hope: FDR & Stamps of the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt, president during the Great Depression, used stamps to communicate with the American people.
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Devi: The Great Goddess
Six aspects of the Indian goddess Devi.
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Dream Worlds: Modern Japanese Prints and Paintings from the Robert O. Muller Collection
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Edith Wharton's World: Portraits of People and Places
Some 100 paintings, miniatures, manuscripts, and memorabilia evoke the life and milieu of novelist Edith Wharton.
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Edward Sorel: Unauthorized Portraits
This exhibition features approximately 30 works of award-winning caricaturist Edward Sorel.
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Edward Steichen: Portraits
During his tenure as chief photographer for Condé Nast’s Vanity Fair from 1923 to1936, Edward Steichen created compelling portraits of many of that era’s most celebrated personalities
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Encounters with the Contemporary
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Enid A. Haupt Garden
A 4.2-acre rooftop park, named for its donor, features an embroidered parterre in a geometric design of plants and flowers rotated seasonally.
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Ethiopian Icons: Faith and Science
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Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora
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Eye Contact: Modern American Portrait Drawing
Showcases 20th century portraiture from the Gallery's drawing collections, and emphasizes the bold, contemporary engagement between one person and another that the term “eye contact” implies.
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Eyeing America: Robert Cottingham Prints
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Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits from the American West, 1845-1925
Through more than 100 portrait photographs, this exhibition tells the story of the changes that occurred in the American West during the 80 years between the Mexican War and passage of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924.
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First American Art: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection
View 200 items illustrating the similar aesthetic characteristics found in Native American objects from different North American cultures.
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First Ladies at the Smithsonian
This exhibition highlights the role of the first lady and features in two galleries a total of 24 first ladies' gowns and more than 100 other objects, including portraits, White House china, and personal possessions from the Smithsonian's collection.
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First Look: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection
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Four Indian Kings
The year 2008 marked the 225th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolution. To commemorate this event, the National Portrait Gallery exhibited the earliest surviving full-length oil portraits of North American aboriginal people painted from life.
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Franklin and His Friends: Portraying the Man of Science in Eighteenth-Century America
Portraits of men who shared a passion for science.
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George and Martha Washington: Portraits from the Presidential Years
A look at the Washingtons from the perspective of their contemporaries.
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