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Charles Willson Peale : George Washington (

)

Artist



Description	American portrait painter
Date of birth/death	15 April 1741	22 February 1827
Location of birth/death	St. Paul's Parish, Maryland	Philadelphia
Work location	East coast of North America
Authority file	: Q454945 VIAF : 72190360 ISNI : 0000000082623463 ULAN : 500017914 LCCN : n80025860 NLA : 35413732 WorldCat

Title

George Washington

Object type

painting

Date

1776

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 127 cm (50 in); width: 101.4 cm (39.9 in)

Collection

White House

	Native name	White House
	Parent institution	White House Complex
	Location	1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, District of Columbia 20500 United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 52″ N, 77° 02′ 12″ W
	Established	1792
	Website	whitehouse.gov
	Authority file	: Q35525 VIAF : 155235437 ULAN : 500312779 LCCN : sh85146483 NAID : 10676368 NLA : 49682301 WorldCat

Notes

White House copy of the 1776 painting

Source/Photographer

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Other versions

http://www.whitehouseresearch.org/assetbank-whha/action/viewAsset?id=20

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