Diplomatic Reception Room, Barack Obama Administration
- Photographer
- Bruce White
- Date of Work
- 2010
- Type
- Photograph
- Credit
- White House Historical Association
Diplomatic Reception Room, Barack Obama Administration
This 2010 digital photograph by Bruce White shows the Diplomatic Reception Room during the administration of President Barack Obama. The French wallpaper, depicting scenes of Boston, Niagara Falls, West Point, Natural Bridge, and New York Harbor, was installed under the direction of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961. Also note on display a desk-bookcase made by John Shaw of Annapolis, Maryland in 1797 as well as a tall case clock made by Effingham Embree of New York, circa 1790-1795.