Replication Data for: Portraits of Power

The dataset catalogs U.S. presidents’ portraits, coding visual traits and symbolic qualities: gestures (hands clasped, holding objects), props (books, weapons, furniture), and settings (columns, drapery, interior, exterior, neutral). It highlights how attire, posture, and context convey authority, intellect, and power. Linked artist data adds detail on training, style, and background, allowing analysis of how portraiture constructs presidential image and meaning across time.