Roosevelt, Franklin Delano White House Portrait by Frank O. Salisbury
An archival premium Quality art Print of the Official White House Portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Frank O. Salisbury for sale by Brandywine General Store. The artist finished this oil on canvas in 1935. This official White House Portrait of FDR is now in the White House Collection. Salisbury's large oil portrait, which depicts the President seated at his desk in the Oval Office, was commissioned from the English portraitist by the New York Geneological and Biographical Society. It proved such a successful portrait that Salisbury painted a number of copies for various institutions. President Roosevelt "thought it the best portrait of himself, and presented inscribed copies of the print to family and friends" Famous people art print #70