Gilbert Stuart, Lansdowne portrait (George Washington), 1796. [Image: Wiki Commons] This precedent began as early as George Washington, who chose to be depicted in his civilian attire despite his ...

In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.