The portraits of John Hampden, in the Executive mansion at Washington, and of Lafayette

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Capital Portraits: Treasures from Washington Private Collections presents little-known artistic treasures from important Washington area private collections. These portraits by maj...

This chapter begins by reviewing the study of executive politics comparatively. It then reviews the study of executive politics in France, showing how scholars based in France were...

This volume gives students, professors, and the general public a single, comprehensive source on the key themes in the historical development of the presidency from America’s found...

Chapter 3 explores the methods by which composers have depicted themselves and their compositional styles in musical self-portraits. It views musical self-portraits in relation to ...