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This Historic Portrait of George Washington Is Being Restored to Its Former Glory
In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...
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A Magnificent Portrait of George Washington Heads to Versailles for a Makeover
Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.
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Charles Willson Peale
For 40 years, a large full-length painting of George Washington (1732-1799), the first president of the United States, at the end of the Battle of Princeton (1777), had been welcoming guests to the ...
A valuable portrait of George Washington at Princeton will be restored at Versailles
The Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France has been commissioned to restore the 1779 painting from the ...
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Artist repairs misspelling of Charles Willson Peale’s name in a mural at SEPTA’S Independence Hall station
The image of Peale, who was considered the artist of the American Revolution because of his scores of portraits of major figures of the Revolution, including George Washington, is among dozens of ...
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A Simple Brown Coat That Set the Tone for the U.S. Presidency
For a limited time, George Washington’s inaugural coat ... such as those that he wore when Charles Willson Peale painted him after the Battle of Princeton. “He very clearly made the decision ...
A mural at SEPTA’s Independence Hall station misspells another historic name: Charles Willson Peale, an artist of the American Revolution
Faye Anderson, a public policy consultant and community historian, was on her way to Independence Hall a couple of weeks ago for her research on Moses Williams, a Black silhouette artist who had been ...
Melania Trump’s decorator quietly picks up where she left off
First lady Melania Trump returned to the White House in January with a new look, but when it comes to interior design, she’s ...
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Artist repairs misspelling of Charles Willson Peale’s name in a mural at SEPTA’S Independence Hall station
The image of Peale, who was considered the artist of the American Revolution because of his scores of portraits of major figures of the Revolution, including George Washington, is among dozens of ...