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The Washington Family

Artist: E. Bell
Copy after: Jeremiah Paul, Jr., about 1775 - 13 Jul 1820
Sitter: George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799; Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, 2 Jun 1731 - 22 May 1802
Possibly: Eleanor Calvert Custis, 1753 - 1811
Sitter: Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, 31 Mar 1779 - 15 Jul 1852; George Washington Parke Custis, 30 Apr 1781 - 10 Oct 1857; William ("Billy") Lee, c. 1750 - c. 1828

Credit Line: This record is part of the Catalog of American Portraits, a research archive of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Permission to reproduce images (if available) must be obtained from the portrait owner. Please note that if an owner is listed above, this information may not be current.

Topic: Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair; Exterior; Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree; Home Furnishings\Drape; Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse; Architecture\Column; Music\Musical instrument\Harp; Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis: Female; Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis: Visual Arts\Artist\Silhouettist; William ("Billy") Lee: Male; William ("Billy") Lee: Society and Social Change\Enslaved person; William ("Billy") Lee: Society and Social Change\Service worker\Domestic worker\Servant; George Washington: Male; George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Revolutionary War; George Washington: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman; George Washington: Natural Resource Occupations\Agriculturist\Farmer; George Washington: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General; George Washington: Politics and Government\President of US; George Washington: Science and Technology\Surveyor; George Washington: Congressional Gold Medal; Martha Dandridge Custis Washington: Female; Martha Dandridge Custis Washington: Politics and Government\First Lady\First Lady of US; George Washington Parke Custis: Male; George Washington Parke Custis: Literature\Writer\Playwright; Portrait