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The story behind the historic portrait of George Washington up for auction next month

Paintings of George Washington gaze down sternly at visitors to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. One image in particular seems iconic, with Washington's head turned slightly to the ...
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George Washington portrait that helped inspire $1 bill will go to highest bidder

The image is so familiar that it often goes unnoticed: the powdered hair, the ruffled shirt, the stoic smile. George Washington’s rendering on the $1 bill may be the most widely distributed portrait ...
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Two Rare George Washington Portraits Head to Auction as U.S. Marks 250 Years

The nearly identical Charles Peale Polk paintings will be offered at Christie’s and Sotheby’s on back-to-back days this month. Charles Peale Polk’s George Washington at Princeton (1793), left, and ...
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George and Martha Washington [electronic resource] : portraits from the presidential years : an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, February 19, 1999 through August 8 ...

Mode of access: World Wide Web. Presents descriptions and images of portraits of the first U.S. president George Washington (1732-1799) and his wife Martha Washington (1732-1802), presented by the ...