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Lafayette at Yorktown

Jean Baptiste Le Paon
Painting
c. 1783-85
Owner: Lafayette College

George Washington

Jean Baptiste Le Paon
Painting
1779
Owner: UNLOCATED

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1779
Owner: Brooklyn Historical Society

Alexander Hamilton

P. T. Weaver
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: New-York Historical Society

George Washington (Vaughan type)

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1776-1830
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Washington (Half-length of 1787 type)

George Washington (Half-length of 1787 type)

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1778-79
Owner: Indianapolis Museum of Art
George Washington

George Washington

Jean-Antoine Houdon
Sculpture
1778
Owner: Brooklyn Museum

Le Général Washington

Noël Le Mire
Print
c. 1780
Owner: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division

David Humphreys

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
c. 1775-1800
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery
George Washington

George Washington

John Trumbull
Painting
1778?
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist (Forger)
Painting
1776
Owner: Brown University
George Washington

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1779
Owner: Private collection
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Sculpture
late 18th century
Owner: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
George Washington

George Washington

Jean-Victor Dupin
Print
c. 1778
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

George Washington

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1777
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Washington

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Drawing
c. 1780-1824
Owner: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
George Washington in the Uniform of a British Colonial Colonel

George Washington in the Uniform of a British Colonial Colonel

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
1772
Owner: Washington & Lee University

Mordecai Gist

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1774
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

George Washington

Unidentified Artist
Painting
1775
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Washington and his Generals at Yorktown

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1784
Owner: Maryland Historical Society

Benedict Arnold

Unidentified Artist
Print
1776
Owner: Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library

Matthew Clarkson

Walter Robertson
Painting
n.d.a.
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Washington

George Washington

James Peale
Painting
after 1779
Owner: U.S. Department of State
Nathanael Greene

Nathanael Greene

Charles Willson Peale
Painting
c. 1783
Owner: Independence National Historical Park

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