George_Washington_by_John_Trumbull_(1780).jpg
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Summary
John Trumbull : George Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
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Title |
George Washington
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
In this
portrait of George Washington
, he is shown standing on a bluff above the Hudson River with his enslaved personal servant,
William "Billy" Lee
, on horseback behind him. The view across the river encompasses West Point, New York, with a red-and-white banner, possibly the Navy ensign adopted in 1775, flying atop the fortress. Trumbull had served on Washington’s staff as an aide-de-camp early in the Revolutionary War. He painted this portrait from memory about five years later, when he was studying in London. It was the first authoritative representation of Washington available in Europe and was soon copied throughout the Continent.
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Date | 1780 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 91.4 cm (35.9 in)
; width: 71.1 cm (27.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+91.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+71.1U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160236
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Accession number |
24.109.88
(
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Place of creation | United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
Derivative works of this file: William Billy Lee 1780.png |
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