Art

President Harry S. Truman (left) at the White House accepting ten paintings by John J. Audubon, a gift to the United States from Australian philanthropist E. J. Hallstrom. From left to right: President Truman, Australian Ambassador to the United States, and E. J. Hallstrom.

President Harry S. Truman (left) at the White House accepting ten paintings by John J. Audubon, a gift to the United States from Australian philanthropist E. J. Hallstrom. From left to right: President Truman, Australian Ambassador to the United States, and E. J. Hallstrom.

American Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and Lois (Mrs. Philip C.) Jessup at the Yamanaka Art Gallery in Kyoto, Japan.

Lois (Mrs. Philip C.) Jessup (front) and Mr. John B. Lindsey (second from left) visiting the Yamanaka Art Gallery in Kyoto, Japan. All other individuals are unidentified. They were members of Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup's party during his mission to the far east.

From left to right, American Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup, Dr. Charles N. Spinks, Miss Vernice Anderson, and Mr. James B. Lindsey at Yamanaka Art Gallery in Kyoto, Japan.

American Ambassador-at-large Philip C. Jessup (center) with Dr. Charles N. Spinks (right) visiting a Yokoyama art shop in Kyoto, Japan. All other individuals are unidentified.

View of painted artwork on an interior wall, location unknown. Shows a child chasing a mermaid. Original 35mm negative.

Close-up view of a sketch that appears to show a woman (mermaid) atop a palm tree with a nude male seated by the tree. Artist not given. Original 35mm negative.

View of painted artwork visible on an interior wall, location unknown. Original 35mm negative.

On Harry S. Truman's 75th birthday, artist Thomas Hart Benton (right) presents Mr. Truman a sketch of the Indian, the basis of the drawing appearing in the left center of the Benton mural in the Harry S. Truman Library museum entrance. Same as 96-432.