An important art work from the history of Georgetown College, a self-portrait of James A. Simpson, has returned from professional restoration and is prominently displayed in the Special Collections reading room on Lauinger Library’s fifth floor. It is a quintessential image of the artist, holding a paint palette and gazing proudly out at the viewer. The 1847 painting descended in the family of the artist for generations until it was donated to Georgetown in 2009 by the estate of Jane R. and Richard M. Frank. Simpson, an alumnus who taught drawing and painting at Georgetown for some 20 years between 1830 and 1865, painted five historic Georgetown landscapes in the University’s art collection, two of which are on display in Carroll Parlor in Healy 107. Known more for his portraits, Simpson painted a copy of Gilbert Stuart's likeness of Admiral Stephen Decatur, as well as a portrait of Francis Neale, S.J., eighth president of Georgetown College, both of which are held in the University art collection.