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Martha Dandridge Custis (1731-1802), by John Wollaston (active 1742-1775)
Oil on canvas, 1757
Washington-Custis-Lee Collection, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
George Washington at Princeton, by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Oil on canvas, 1779
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Bequest of Mrs. Sarah Harrison (The Joseph Harrison, Jr., Collection)
Bust of George Washington, by Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828)
Terra-cotta, 1785
Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)
Oil on canvas, 1795-1796
Copyright the Frick Collection, New York
Apotheosis of Washington, by David Edwin (1776-1841), after Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860)
Stipple engraving on paper, ca. 1800
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / Art Resource, NY
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Lawrence Washington (ca. 1718-1752), possibly by John Wollaston (active 1742-1775)
Oil on canvas, ca. 1743
Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie (1693-1770), by an unknown artist
Oil on canvas, ca. 1760-1765
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sarah “Sally” Cary Fairfax (ca. 1730-1811), by Duncan Smith (1877-1934)
Oil on canvas, early twentieth century
The Virginia Historical Society
George William Fairfax (1724-1787), by an unknown artist
Oil on wood panel, 1773 or after
© Trustees of Leeds Castle Foundation, Maidstone, Kent, UK
Martha Washington (1731-1802), by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Miniature, watercolor on ivory, 1772
Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
John Parke “Jacky” Custis (1754-1781), by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Miniature, watercolor on ivory, 1772
Courtesy of an anonymous lender
Martha Parke “Patsy” Custis (1756-1773), by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Miniature, watercolor on ivory, 1772
Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
George Washington, by John Trumbull (1756-1843)
Oil on canvas, 1780
The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY
General Charles Lee (1732-1782), by I. Neagle
Engraving, n.d.
Emmet Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
General Horatio Gates (1727-1806), by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)
Oil on canvas, ca. 1793-1794
The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY
Henry Knox (1750-1806), by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)
Oil on panel, ca. 1805
121.6 x 98.11 cm (47⅞x 38⅝in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Deposited by the City of Boston, L-R 30.76b. Photograph © 2010 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Oil on canvas, from life, ca. 1783
Independence National Historical Park
Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753-1784), by Scipio Moorhead
Engraving, frontispiece from Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (London: A. Bell, 1773)
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
John Adams (1735-1826), by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Oil on canvas, from life, ca. 1791-1794
Independence National Historical Park
Sir Henry Clinton (ca. 1730-1795), by Thomas Day (active 1768-1788)
Miniature, watercolor on ivory, 1787
Courtesy of the R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana
Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), by Thomas Gainsborough (ca. 1727-1788)
Oil on canvas, feigned oval, 1783
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), after John Trumbull (1756-1843)
Engraving, ca. 1894
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Margaret “Peggy” Shippen (Mrs. Benedict Arnold) (1760-1804), by John André (1750-1780)
Graphite on paper, 1778
Yale University Art Gallery
Washington, Lafayette, and Tilghman at Yorktown, by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
Oil on canvas, 1784
93˝ x 64˝
Accession number: MSA SC 1545-1120. Collection of the Maryland State Archives
Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), after Charles Willson Peale