Carpenter later wrote a memoir of his experience painting the portrait, titled Six Months at the White House.

In fact, the portraits, titled "Thirty Years of Good Government," are already framed.

By the time he finished the portrait, titled American Collectors later that year, the close-knit LA scene was beginning to unravel.

There is also a portrait of Tessa as a seven year old titled "Tessa my Angel".

The portrait, titled "Memories of Olive," features Thomas nude from the waist up while clutching a rose.

To the left of the Bellini is a wonderful early Titian, a portrait titled "Man in a Red Cap."

The disciplined country woman was dismayed by the portrait he produced, titled "Monique in Gray Robe."

The portrait titled "How Ya Like Me Now?"

In 2003, Avenaim was at work on a compilation book project of nude portraits titled Naked Truth.

In a portrait titled "General Williams With Servant" (1862), the dynamics are straightforward.