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“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” —Edgar Degas
What do you think Gilbert Stuart wants us to see in his Lansdowne portrait of George Washington?
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George Washington was an important hero and cultural icon for his generation. Who do you think is an important hero or cultural icon of today, and why? How would George Washington and a contemporary hero be different? How would they be the same?
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Of all of George Washington’s accomplishments, which do you think was most important, or most admirable? What do you most admire about him as a leader or as a person? What do you least admire?
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Many still consider George Washington to be one our greatest Presidents. Who would you include in your list of greatest American Presidents and why?
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Many believe that George Washington was indispensable to the founding of the United States. Do you think that there would have been a United States of America without George Washington?
 
Should it be said of Washington as Ralph Waldo Emerson observed, “Every hero at last becomes a bore?”
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