A 143-Year-Old Portrait Fuels a Government Turf War.

A-hed, North America, United States, Washington DC, wsjwashington, Southern U.S., Art, Arts/Entertainment, Political/General News, SYND Keywords: a-hed; wsjwashington; North America; United States; Washington DC; Southern U.S.; Art; Political/General News; Arts/Entertainment; SYND EN a-hed wsjwashington North America United States Washington DC Southern U.S. Art Political/General News Arts/Entertainment SYND N.PAG N.PAG 1 08/10/23 20230809 NES 230809 Two federal agencies claim to be the rightful owners of a painting of the now-obscure Hugh McCulloch WASHINGTON - Do you know who Hugh McCulloch was? Yet here in America's hidebound capital, where power sometimes takes the shape of a rectangular gilded frame, two federal agencies are squabbling over the 143-year-old portrait of a long-dead public servant so obscure he's more like Who McCulloch to Americans today. [Extracted from the article]