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Contrast in portraits at National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery adds two contrasting portraits Frances Willard temperance crusader and Mark Twain writer Samuel Clemens to its permanent collection. Willard portrait by George Rapp depicts a determined soprano like figure while Twain portrait by Frank E Larson was based on 17 photos from the 1936 Hannibal exhibit and approved by Clara Clemens and the Mark Twain Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Portrait Gallery
Mark Twain
Francis W. Willard
Frank E. Larson
Mark ‘Twain
George Rapp
National Women's Christian ‘Temperance Union
Washington
Frances W. Willard
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Miss Willard
Smithsonian Institution
Greenwich
Willard
WCTU
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
New York
Hannibal
Humorist
Frederick Bradley Sr
Cle
Clara Gubrilowitsch
Mark Twain Society of New York
United States