on sunday afternoon, at 4:00 on filmamerica, and archival documenting the visit of the queen and king of afghanistan to the united states, including a meeting with president kennedy and a parade through washington, d.c. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. , each week, american history artifacts visits museums and historic places. the national gallery of art was a gift to the american people from andrew mellon, who served from 1920y secretary 12 1932. coming up, we visit the museum to learn about early american portrait painting. >> hello. i'm diane stevens. we are standing in a room of portraits by john singleton . as he looked around the room, you can think back to the words of john adams, who said, when you see his portrait, you just want to discourse with them, as the questions, and receive answers. men show you of these substantial, realistic figures. you have a sense that they have in auccessful lives, and good place. his paintings of women are sometimes so ravishingly beautiful in their attention to fabric, texture, and the beauty this portrait. this was painted in 1763. lo