In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...
A magnificent portrait of the George Washington that usually hangs in the ... careful to remain faithful to Peale’s original intent. A press announcement of the restoration project said it ...
The Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France has been commissioned to restore the 1779 painting from the ...
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 ...
Charles Willson Peale’s name on a mural panel at SEPTA’s Independence Hall subway station is now spelled correctly. On Jan. 25, Philadelphia artist Tom Judd went to the 5th Street/Independence Hall ...
Painter of the American Revolution Peale is known as the painter of the American Revolution because of his many portraits of George Washington and other major figures. He was also a natural historian.