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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[edit]


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[edit]

Image and title	Date	Author	Dimensions	Materials	Owner
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[edit]

Notes[edit]

^ 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[edit]

Citation[edit]

^ "George Washington in the Uniform of a British Colonial Colonel". Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
^ ^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.
^ "George Washington". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
^ "Miniature Portrait of George Washington". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
^ "George Washington at Princeton". Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
^ Reaves 1982, p. 22.
^ Fabian 1985, p. 92-95.
^ Curator of the United States Senate. "George Washington". United States Senate. Retrieved January 6, 2024.

Bibliography[edit]

Reaves, Wendy Wick (1982). George Washington, an American Icon : The Eighteenth-Century Graphic Portraits. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 9780865280151. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
Fabian, Monroe H. (1985). Joseph Wright, American Artist, 1756-1793. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

[5] 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]

[1] "George Washington in the Uniform of a British Colonial Colonel". Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved January 5, 2024.

[:0-2] ^ ^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.

[6] "George Washington at Princeton". Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Retrieved January 5, 2024.

[FOOTNOTEReaves198222-7] Reaves 1982, p. 22.

[FOOTNOTEFabian198592-95-8] Fabian 1985, p. 92-95.

[9] Curator of the United States Senate. "George Washington". United States Senate. Retrieved January 6, 2024.

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