“I’d rather see a portrait of a dog that I know,” said Samuel Johnson, “than all the allegorical paintings … in the world.” That preference is common enough to make portrait painting a profitable ...

Gilbert Stuart tartly maintained that “no one would paint history who could do a portrait,” but as the chief depicter of George Washington, he showed that to paint portraits is often to paint great ...

Pets are so much more than just animals in our homes. They are our comfort on hard days, they join us on family vacations, and they even sleep in our beds. Whether your furry best friend is a cat, dog ...