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1846: Portrait of the Nation

April 12, 1996 - August 18, 1996

Museum: Portrait Gallery

Location: Galleries 121A & B

To mark the Smithsonian's 150th anniversary, this 200-object exhibition focuses on 1846, the Institution's founding year. The exhibition features portraits, genre paintings, maps, political cartoons, broadsides, books, costumes, sheet music, and other memorabilia (including a doll belonging to Patty Reed, a survivor of the Donner party expedition).

Catalogue: $24.95 (paper)

See April 1996 Smithsonian magazine, p. 38

Note: This exhibition is in conjunction with the Smithsonian's 150th Anniversary.

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