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Author Howard, Hugh, 1952-

Title The painter's chair : George Washington and the making of American art / Hugh Howard.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY WASHINGTON    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  757 HO    Check Shelf
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.
Portrait painting, American -- 18th century.
ISBN 1596912448 alkaline paper
9781596912441 alkaline paper
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