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This Historic Portrait of George Washington Is Being Restored to Its Former Glory
In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...
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This Historic Portrait of George Washington Is Being Restored to Its Former Glory
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. Peale made ...
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A Magnificent Portrait of George Washington Heads to Versailles for a Makeover
A magnificent portrait of the George Washington that usually hangs in the ... careful to remain faithful to Peale’s original intent. A press announcement of the restoration project said it ...
It’s likely the only museum in CT where people often react ‘What the heck?’ Here’s why.
At a historical state house museum there are many things one would expect to see. Restorations of Senate and House chambers?
A valuable portrait of George Washington at Princeton will be restored at Versailles
The Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France has been commissioned to restore the 1779 painting from the ...
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Art: George’s Ladies
Like most males then and since, George Washington did his ... In later years the two men’s friendship ripened. Washington sat seven times for portraits; Peale in turn made a set of false teeth ...
Melania Trump’s decorator quietly picks up where she left off
First lady Melania Trump returned to the White House in January with a new look, but when it comes to interior design, she’s ...
A mural at SEPTA’s Independence Hall station misspells another historic name: Charles Willson Peale, an artist of the American Revolution
Faye Anderson, a public policy consultant and community historian, was on her way to Independence Hall a couple of weeks ago for her research on Moses Williams, a Black silhouette artist who had been ...