Historian David Ward speaks about the portrait of Dashiell Hammett by Edward Biberman.

Each Thursday evening, a staff member of the National Portrait Gallery or a special guest speaker brings visitors face-to-face with a portrait by offering an insight into one person. Visitors meet the presenter in the F Street lobby and then walk to the appropriate gallery. In the October Face-to-Face talks, learn about the “Red scare!”

For more on portraits, see also NPG's Face to Face blog

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