George Washington
George Washington, A National Treasure
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However unimportant America may be considered at present... there will assuredly come a day when this country will have some weight in the scale of empires. -George Washington to Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, Mount Vernon, May 28, 1788


Current Venue
George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, oil on canvas, 1772

George Washington by Charles Willson Peale,
oil on canvas, 1772
Washington—Custis—Lee Collection, Washington and
Lee University
 
This exhibition has completed its national tour but the portrait can be viewed at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Visit www.npg.si.edu to learn more.















 

 

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