Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
xix, 297 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index. |
Contents |
The players -- A Washington timeline -- An accidental gallery -- The first likeness -- The General -- The finest statuary of the world -- Remembering the founding father -- Friends & family: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington -- Tobias Lear -- Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis Lewis -- George Washington "Wash" Parke Custis -- Dr. James Craik -- William Lee -- The Marquis de Lafayette -- The artists: John Smibert -- John Singleton Copley -- Charles Willson Peale -- Colonel John Trumbull -- Benjamin West -- Gilbert Stuart -- Jean-Antoine Houdon -- Edward Savage -- Rembrandt Peale. |
Subject |
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
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Portrait painting, American -- 18th century.
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ISBN |
1596912448 alkaline paper |
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9781596912441 alkaline paper |
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