In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.

In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.

This marble bust of President George Washington is by Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi. Ceracchi sculpted many notable Americans, including Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. This bust was modeled circa 1790-1794 and was carved circa 1815. The United States government acquired the bust along with busts of Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Columbus during the James Monroe administration in 1817. Washington served as the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He served as president from April 30, 1789 until March 4, 1797. Bates Littlehales photographed the bust in March 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration.

This marble bust of President George Washington is by Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi. Ceracchi sculpted many notable Americans, including Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. This bust was modeled circa 1790-1794 and was carved circa 1815. The United States government acquired the bust along with busts of Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Columbus during the James Monroe administration in 1817. Washington served as the commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He served as president from April 30, 1789 until March 4, 1797. Bates Littlehales photographed the bust in March 1962 during the John F. Kennedy administration.

In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.

In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.

In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.

In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.

In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.

In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.

In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.

In this photograph, taken by National Geographic photographer Joseph J. Scherschel on October 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson are presented a bronze bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House. Churchill had passed away the previous January. The bust was designed by American-British sculptor Jacob Epstein. Attendees at the acceptance ceremony included the prime minister's grandson Winston Churchill III, British Ambassador to the United States Patrick Dean, United States Ambassador to Great Britain David Bruce, former New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, journalist Edward T. Folliard, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., the son of the former president. Another bronze Churchill bust by Epstein was loaned to the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush while this one was out for conservation work.

This marble bust of explorer Amerigo Vespucci is by Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi. Ceracchi sculpted many notable Americans, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. This bust was acquired along with busts of Christopher Columbus and President Washington by the Monroe Administration in 1817.

This bust of Susan B. Anthony was made by Adelaide Johnson. Anthony was one of the leading figures in the women's suffrage movement in the 1800s. On Election Day 1872 she persuaded an election inspector in Rochester, New York to allow her to vote, and was tried and convicted in 1873 for illegally voting. The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote, is also known as the Anthony Amendment. Johnson was a sculptor and active feminist.

This bust of John Bright was done by John Warrington Wood. Bright was a British radical and member of the House of Commons for 30 years, a renowned orator, and a proponent of free trade policies. Wood was a British sculptor who lived in Europe for much of his career.

This bronze plaster bust of President Benjamin Harrison was crafted by Charles Henry Niehaus in the late 19th century. Niehaus also crafted a statue of Harrison that stands at the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza.

This photograph is of a marble bust of President Abraham Lincoln, on display in the Cross Hall. The bust was displayed with low lighting for the State Dinner held in honor of French president Emmanuel Macron on April 24, 2018, during the Donald Trump administration. Suz Redfearn took this photograph for the White House Historical Association on April 23.

This photograph is of the marble bust of President Martin Van Buren created by renowned sculptor Hiram Powers in 1840. The bust was photographed for "The White House: An Historic Guide" by Bates Littlehales in March 1962 as one of the highlights in the White House Collection. Powers originally modeled the bust in 1836, before moving to Florence, Italy, where artisans created marble replicas of Powers' clay original. The bust remained in the Van Buren family until 1889, when one of Van Burens' grandsons bequeathed it to the White House. Powers depicts Van Buren in a toga, a Neoclassical tradition intended to connect American politicians to ancient Greek democracy. Van Buren served as president from March 4, 1837 until March 4, 1841. His earlier career included vice president under President Andrew Jackson, serving in the United States Senate, as the governor of New York, and as an ambassador.

This photograph is of the marble bust of President Martin Van Buren created by renowned sculptor Hiram Powers in 1840. The bust was photographed for "The White House: An Historic Guide" by Bates Littlehales in March 1962 as one of the highlights in the White House Collection. Powers originally modeled the bust in 1836, before moving to Florence, Italy, where artisans created marble replicas of Powers' clay original. The bust remained in the Van Buren family until 1889, when one of Van Burens' grandsons bequeathed it to the White House. Powers depicts Van Buren in a toga, a Neoclassical tradition intended to connect American politicians to ancient Greek democracy. Van Buren served as president from March 4, 1837 until March 4, 1841. His earlier career included vice president under President Andrew Jackson, serving in the United States Senate, as the governor of New York, and as an ambassador.

This photograph is of the marble bust of President Martin Van Buren created by renowned sculptor Hiram Powers in 1840. The bust was photographed for "The White House: An Historic Guide" by Bates Littlehales in March 1962 as one of the highlights in the White House Collection. Powers originally modeled the bust in 1836, before moving to Florence, Italy, where artisans created marble replicas of Powers' clay original. The bust remained in the Van Buren family until 1889, when one of Van Burens' grandsons bequeathed it to the White House. Powers depicts Van Buren in a toga, a Neoclassical tradition intended to connect American politicians to ancient Greek democracy. Van Buren served as president from March 4, 1837 until March 4, 1841. His earlier career included vice president under President Andrew Jackson, serving in the United States Senate, as the governor of New York, and as an ambassador.

This photograph is of the marble bust of President Martin Van Buren created by renowned sculptor Hiram Powers in 1840. The bust was photographed for "The White House: An Historic Guide" by Bates Littlehales in March 1962 as one of the highlights in the White House Collection. Powers originally modeled the bust in 1836, before moving to Florence, Italy, where artisans created marble replicas of Powers' clay original. The bust remained in the Van Buren family until 1889, when one of Van Burens' grandsons bequeathed it to the White House. Powers depicts Van Buren in a toga, a Neoclassical tradition intended to connect American politicians to ancient Greek democracy. Van Buren served as president from March 4, 1837 until March 4, 1841. His earlier career included vice president under President Andrew Jackson, serving in the United States Senate, as the governor of New York, and as an ambassador.

This photograph is of the marble bust of President Martin Van Buren created by renowned sculptor Hiram Powers in 1840. The bust was photographed for "The White House: An Historic Guide" by Bates Littlehales in March 1962 as one of the highlights in the White House Collection. Powers originally modeled the bust in 1836, before moving to Florence, Italy, where artisans created marble replicas of Powers' clay original. The bust remained in the Van Buren family until 1889, when one of Van Burens' grandsons bequeathed it to the White House. Powers depicts Van Buren in a toga, a Neoclassical tradition intended to connect American politicians to ancient Greek democracy. Van Buren served as president from March 4, 1837 until March 4, 1841. His earlier career included vice president under President Andrew Jackson, serving in the United States Senate, as the governor of New York, and as an ambassador.

This bust of the Marquis de Lafayette was given to President James Monroe by the Marquis after his 1824-1825 visit to America. A French aristocrat, Lafayette is renowned for his allegiance with the United States during the American Revolutionary War and his friendships with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton, among others. Lafayette's 1824-1825 visits to the White House and to Washington, D.C. were among the highlights of his triumphal tour of the United States, as people honored the last surviving French general of the Revolutionary War and one of the last remaining living links to the Revolutionary Era.

This bronze bust of President Abraham Lincoln was created by American sculptor Gutzon Borglum, formally known as John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, in 1908. The large bust is installed atop a tall, white, stone pillar and has historically been displayed in a niche in the East Garden Room, visible to public visitors and guests as they enter the White House through the East Wing. Borglum was also famous for his work on Stone Mountain and Mount Rushmore.

This basalt ware bust of President George Washington was completed by Enoch Wood in 1818. Wood established the pottery company Enoch Wood & Sons in Staffordshire, United Kingdom, and exported many items to the United States. This item was a gift to the White House Collection from Dr. and Mrs. A. Noe Horn. Washington served as the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He served as president from April 30, 1789 until March 4, 1797.