Rare Portrait of George Washington Could Fetch $2.5 Million at Auction A rare lifetime depiction of George Washington from 1795 that was made by his most renowned portraitist, Gilbert Stuart, will ...

LOS ANGELES - George Washington has one of the most recognizable mugs on the planet. But what was inside that head? The History Channel documentary Washington the Warrior attempts to answer this ...

In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an American victory over the British at the 1777 Battle of Princeton.

A portrait of George Washington that experts say has been confirmed as the work of Charles Willson Peale. It depicts him after the Battle at Princeton.

In the mid-1700s, any traveler of a certain class knew he was welcome to a bed and hot meal at George Washington’s Virginia estate, Mount Vernon. But contrary to customs of the time, Washington ...

The portrait of George Washington at the Reading Public Museum now has a frame worthy of its illustrious subject. The museum recently unveiled the striking enhancement to its 230-year-old painting ...

LEXINGTON, Va. – Washington and Lee University announced they will be lending their portrait of George Washington to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture for an upcoming exhibition.

Visitors often don’t recognize the portrait of George Washington in the art gallery at Fort Ligonier. They expect to find an image of the elder statesman, like the many created by early American ...

Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, (1795). Courtesy Christie's. A rare portrait of george washington has been sold by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for $2.8 million, auctioned alongside ...

Actually, after the war, Bellion said, Washington became quite popular in England — “a rock star,” she said, among his former wartime adversaries, including King George.

The George Washington portrait will be auctioned alongside a slew of American antiquities and artwork including paintings, ... Most Popular. The 2026 Venice Biennale Wants to Cut Through the Noise.

U.S. PRESIDENTS (1732–1799); WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VA. George Washington served as the first president of the United States from age 57 in 1789 to age 65 in 1797, but before that, he was known ...