# Catching Up with The Curator- Watch Meeting--Dec. 31st 1862--Waiting for the Hour

Go inside the White House with White House Curator, Bill Allman, as he gives insight into the painting Watch Meeting--Dec. 31st 1862--Waiting for the Hour by William Carlton and learn why President Obama hand-picked this painting to hang just outside his office in the West Wing.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2013
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: The White House
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catching_Up_with_The_Curator-_Watch_Meeting--Dec._31st_1862--Waiting_for_the_Hour.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: The White House
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/54221157?play=1)