By Alexander Green Editor’s Note: Happy Presidents Day! The markets – and The Oxford Club’s offices – are closed, but I hope you’ll enjoy today’s essay all the same. In it, Alexander Green reflects on his favorite president and why a reproduction of a famous painting of that president hangs above his mantel.
– Christina Grieves, Senior Managing Editor
Over the holidays, some friends and neighbors came over for a dinner party.
A couple of them asked about the painting hanging over my fireplace in the living room.
It is a large oil-on-canvas replica of the famous 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze that depicts George Washington crossing …read more
