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General Washington

General Washington

Unidentified Artist
Print
after 1780
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the McNeil Americana Collection

Self Portrait with Spectacles

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1804
Owner: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Thomas Tickell Hewson

Charles Willson Peale
Silhouette
c. 1800
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine
George Washington

George Washington

James Peale
Painting
c. 1795-1831

Gunning Bedford

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1785-95
Owner: Private Collection
John Beale Bordley

John Beale Bordley

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1790
Owner: New-York Historical Society
George Washington

George Washington

James Peale
Painting
1795-1847
Owner: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
George Washington

George Washington

James Peale
Painting
c. 1787-90
Owner: Independence National Historical Park
George Washington

George Washington

James Peale
Painting
c. 1780-90
Owner: Walker Art Center
Baron von Steuben

Baron von Steuben

Unidentified Artist
Painting
late 18th-early 19th century
Owner: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
David Rittenhouse

David Rittenhouse

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1791-96
Owner: Independence National Historical Park
David Rittenhouse

David Rittenhouse

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1796
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; bequest of Stanley P. Sax

David Rittenhouse

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1791
Owner: American Philosophical Society

William Whetcroft

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1785
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery
George Washington (Last Bust Portrait type)

George Washington (Last Bust Portrait type)

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1795?
Owner: U.S. Department of State
George Washington (Last Bust Portrait type)

George Washington (Last Bust Portrait type)

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1795-98
Owner: Macculloch Hall Historical Museum & Gardens

Solomon Drowne

Charles Willson Peale
Silhouette
c. 1800
Owner: Richmond Academy of Medicine
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Unidentified Artist
Print
c. 1790
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Thomas Elliott and His Granddaughter Deborah Hibernia O'Donnell

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1796-97
Owner: R. H. Love Galleries

Bust Silhouette of Thomas Jefferson

Charles Willson Peale
Silhouette
c. 1790
Owner: Monticello, Thomas Jefferson Foundation

George Washington

Charles Peale Polk
Painting
c. 1790
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Andrew Augustus Bibber

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1790
Owner: Maryland Historical Society
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1791
Owner: Independence National Historical Park

John Nicholson

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1790
Owner: Art Institute of Chicago

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