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George Washington

George Washington

M. S. Powel
Silhouette
c. 1785-95
Owner: Massachusetts Historical Society
George Washington (Porthole type)

George Washington (Porthole type)

Rembrandt Peale
Painting
c. 1804
Owner: Berkshire Museum

Washington in Glory, America in Tears

Decorative Arts
c. 1800-1810
Owner: Winterthur Museum
George Washington

George Washington

Joseph Wright
Painting
c. 1789-90
Owner: Museum of Connecticut History
George Washington (Vaughan type)

George Washington (Vaughan type)

Robert Field
Painting
after 1796
Owner: Philadelphia Museum of Art

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1796-1803
Owner: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1790
Owner: The White House

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
1796-1803
Owner: U.S. Senate
George Washington

George Washington

James Sharples
Painting
c. 1796
Owner: Historic Hudson Valley
George Washington (Vaughan type)

George Washington (Vaughan type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Chicago History Museum
George Washington (Munro-Lenox type)

George Washington (Munro-Lenox type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1800
Owner: Judy & Michael Steinhardt
George Washington

George Washington

David Edwin
Print
1798
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Samuel Smith

Samuel Smith

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1800
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. and Mrs. B. Noland Carter in memory of the Misses Mary Coles Carter and Sally Randolph Carter

George Washington

Wedgwood and Sons
Sculpture
c. 1800
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
19th century
Owner: Historic New England
George Washington

George Washington

Mr. Coolidge
Sculpture
c. 1785
Owner: Shelburne Museum

George Washington and Unidentified Indian

Joseph Richardson
Medal
1793
Owner: Chicago History Museum

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Gilbert Stuart
Painting
c. 1803
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

George Washington

Samuel Folwell
Silhouette
1791
Owner: R. W. Norton Art Gallery
George Washington (Athenaeum type)

George Washington (Athenaeum type)

Rembrandt Peale
Painting
c. 1795
Owner: Gilcrease Museum
George Washington (Munro-Lenox type)

George Washington (Munro-Lenox type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
c. 1796-1835
Owner: Randolph-Macon College
George Washington

George Washington

Adolph Ulrich Wertmüller
Painting
1794
Owner: Wellesley College

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Medal
c. 1799-1832
Owner: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: Masonic Temple, Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of Pennsylvania

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