Images

Abigail Smith Adams, two years after marrying future president John Adams. Pastel on paper by Benjamin Blyth, 1766.

Portrait of John Adams as Vice President, oil on canvas by John Trumbull, c. 1792/93. White House Historical Association (White House Collection), Washington, D.C.

John Adams as President of the United States, oil on canvas, by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

British political cartoon depicting the XYZ Affair; America, represented as Lady Liberty, is being accosted by five Frenchmen, while figures representing other European countries look on in the background. Published by S.W. Fores, London...

Last portrait of former U.S. president John Adams, completed shortly before his death. Oil on canvas by Gilbert Stuart, 1826. Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Birthplace of John Adams (right) and his son John Quincy Adams (left) in Braintree, Massachusetts, oil painting by G. N. Frankenstein, 1849. National Park Service.

A photograph showing British troops landing in Algeria from SS Duchess of Richmond as part of Operation Torch, the Allied North Africa Landings of November 1942. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing Allied troops landing in Algeria, North Africa as part of Operation Torch, the Allied North Africa Landings of November 1942. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of the United States Army general George Patton (1885-1945). Patton was a key commander in the Second World War (1939-45).

An 1847 lithograph by Eduard Kaiser of the German composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and his wife, also a composer and concert pianist, Clara Schumann (1819-96).