because no portraits of them exist this portrait bust, in white marble of harriet lane johnston, was made by william henri ryaneart, it is in the collection of the smithsonian are busy. in part because johnston was a major collector of, american art a native american art the smithsonian and it formed the basis of the fine arts collection at the smithsonian. this is also the only scorcher of a women, have first lady in exhibition because sculptures were not generally commissioned of women in the 19th century. we can think about sculpture during this period being something that was reserved for allegorical figures, figures of america and columbia, that's where you saw women being represented. these were ideal versions, not actual women. but johnson was one of these women who really believed in the art, she is a big supporter of the arts, she commissioned a portrait bust of herself, you will notice that bust over there on the right-hand side. there's lots of other kinds of portraits. when you try to cover all the different ways that first ladies are represented both in the 19th and the 21st century, we have paint