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George Washington (Bust length of 1787 type)

George Washington (Bust length of 1787 type)

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1787?
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Washington after the Battle of Princeton

Washington after the Battle of Princeton

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1780
Owner: Colonial Williamsburg

Samuel Mifflin

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1777-1780
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Parke Custis

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1775
Owner: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

George Walton

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1781
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery

Captain James Josiah

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1787
Owner: Private collection
James Madison

James Madison

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1792
Owner: Gilcrease Museum
George Washington

George Washington

John Ramage
Painting
1783
Owner: Princeton University
George Washington

George Washington

Charles Peale Polk
Painting
c. 1787-95
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Richard Henry Lee

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1784-94
Owner: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
George Washington at the Battle of Princeton

George Washington at the Battle of Princeton

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1779
Owner: Cleveland Museum of Art

George Washington (Trenton type)

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1782
Owner: Private Collection
George Washington

George Washington

Charles Peale Polk
Painting
1783
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

George Washington (Trenton type)

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1779-81
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Witherspoon

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1787
Owner: Princeton University

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
late 18th-mid 19th century
Owner: Private collection

James Madison

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1790
Owner: Private collection

George Washington

Joseph Hiller
Print
c. 1777
George Washington

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale
Print
1787
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Funded by Wendy Wick Reaves, Curator Emerita of Prints and Drawings
Sally Chew Elliot O'Donnell

Sally Chew Elliot O'Donnell

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1787
Owner: Chrysler Museum of Art

Marquis De Lafayette

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1780-81
Owner: Washington & Lee University

Ann Riston Johnson

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1788
Owner: Hammond-Harwood House Association

General William North

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1785
Owner: Detroit Institute of Arts

Portrait of General William Moultrie

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1782

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