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George Washington, a Founding Father, military officer, and the first President of the United States, was the subject of various paintings both during his life and in commemoration after his death.

Life portraits

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Image and title Date Author Dimensions Materials Commissioner Owner Citation
George Washington in the Uniform

of a British Colonial Colonel

1772 Charles Willson Peale 50 3/8 x 41 in

127.9 x 104.2 cm

Oil on canvas Martha Washington Washington & Lee University [1][2]
George Washington

1776 Charles Willson Peale 44 x 38 5/16 in

111.7 x 97.3 cm

Oil on canvas John Hancock Brooklyn Museum [3][2]
Miniature portrait 1776 Charles Willson Peale 2 x 1.5 in

5 x 3.8 cm

Watercolor on ivory Martha Washington Mount Vernon Ladies' Association [4][2]
Washington at Princeton

1779 Charles Willson Peale 93 x 58 1/2 in

236.22 x 148.59 cm

Oil on canvas Supreme Executive Council

of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts[a] [5][2]
Paper medal 1779 Pierre Eugene du Simitière Pencil on paper Princeton University Library [6][2]
Rocky Hill portrait

1783 Joseph Wright 14⅛ x 12 in

35.8 x 30.4 cm

Oil on canvas [7][2]
George Washington

1783 William Dunlap 25.5 x 19.5 in

64.8 x 49.5 cm

Pastel on paper U.S. Senate [8][2]
George Washington at the

Battle of Princeton

1783-1784 Charles Willson Peale College of New Jersey Princeton University Art Museum [2]
George Washington

1785 Robert Edge Pine National Portrait Gallery [2]
Mezzotint engraving 1785 Charles Willson Peale Library of Congress [2]
Miniature portrait 1789 John Ramage Private collection [2]
Miniature portrait 1789 Anne-Flore Millet, Marquise de Bréhan [2]
Portrait of George Washington 1789 Edward Savage Joseph Willard
Washington at Verplanck's Point 1790 John Trumbull Winterthur Museum
Miniature portrait Early 1790s Archibald Robertson Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Miniature portrait 1790s Walter Robertson
George Washington 1793 William Williams
George Washington 1794 Adolph Ulrik Wertmuller Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
George Washington 1795 Rembrandt Peale
George Washington 1795 Charles Willson Peale
The Washington Family

1795-1796 Edward Savage
Vaughan Portrait 1795 Gilbert Stuart
Athenaeum Portrait 1796 Gilbert Stuart Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
George Washington, First President

of the United States

1796 James Sharples

Other contemporary portraits

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Image and title Date Author Dimensions Materials Commissioner Owner Citation
George Washington and William Lee 1780 John Trumbull Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776 1786-1828 John Trumbull 20.125 in × 30 in

51.1 cm × 76.2 cm

Oil on canvas Yale University Art Gallery
George Washington 1790 John Trumbull New York City Hall
General George Washington at Trenton 1792 John Trumbull Yale University Art Gallery
Lansdowne portrait 1796 Gilbert Stuart Oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery
Constable-Hamilton Portrait 1797 Gilbert Stuart Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Posthumous portraits

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Notes

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  1. ^ Peale made several copies of the painting afterwards, including ones now held at Yale University, DeWitt Wallace Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2]

References

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Citation

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  1. ^ "George Washington in the Uniform of a British Colonial Colonel". Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Life Portraits of George Washington". George Washington's Mount Vernon. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "George Washington". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Miniature Portrait of George Washington". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  5. ^ "George Washington at Princeton". Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  6. ^ Reaves 1982, p. 22.
  7. ^ Fabian 1985, p. 92-95.
  8. ^ Curator of the United States Senate. "George Washington". United States Senate. Retrieved January 6, 2024.

Bibliography

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