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This Historic Portrait of George Washington Is Being Restored to Its Former Glory
In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...
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A Magnificent Portrait of George Washington Heads to Versailles for a Makeover
Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.
A valuable portrait of George Washington at Princeton will be restored at Versailles
The Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France has been commissioned to restore the 1779 painting from the ...
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Leutze's New Painting of Washington at the Battle of Monmouth.
Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. The new American historical painting of WASHINGTON at the Battle of Monmouth, now on exhibition in ...
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Art at Capitol honors 141 enslavers and 13 Confederates. Who are they?
Of the 31 people identified in the painting “General George Washington Resigning His Commission,” displayed in the Capitol Rotunda, 19 were enslavers. By Gillian Brockell Dec. 27 at 7:00 a.m ...
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Was George Washington Religious?
You may have seen paintings of George Washington kneeling in prayer—an image that gives the impression that Washington was a very religious man. But was he?