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George Washington (1732–1799)
Charles Willson Peale1795
New-York Historical Society
New York, NY, United States
Washington came for three sittings in the fall of 1795 to the second floor of the American Philosophical Society building in Philadelphia where the Peale Museum was then located. This portrait remained in the Peale Museum until it was purchased at the sale of 1854 by the donor.
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Details
- Title: George Washington (1732–1799)
- Creator: Charles Willson Peale
- Date Created: 1795
- Location Created: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Physical Dimensions: 29 x 23 3/4 in. (73.7 x 60.3 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Art Genre: Portrait
- Art Form: Painting
- Depicted Person: George Washington
- Object Number: 1867.299
- Credit Line: New-York Historical Society, Gift of Thomas Jefferson Bryan
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