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Theodore Roosevelt Hated His Presidential Portrait So Much He Burnt It

Lost Masterpieces

Theodore Roosevelt thought that Theobald Chartran's portrait of him made him look like a 'mewling cat.' His children teased him about it. The painting had to go.

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