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George Washington: Man, Myth, Monument
Images from the Metropolitan
John Trumbull (1756–1843)
George Washington, 1780
Oil on canvas; 36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924 (24.109.88)
Giuseppe Ceracchi (1751–1802)
George Washington (Bust), 1795
Marble; 28 7/8 x 23 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (73.3 x 59.7 x 34.3 cm)
Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, 1914 (14.58.235)
Frederick Kemmelmeyer (ca. 1755–1821)
The American Star (George Washington), ca. 1803
Oil and gold leaf on paper; 22 x 17 3/4 in. (55.9 x 45.1 cm)
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1962 (62.256.7)
H. Weishaupt after Samuel Moore
Apotheosis of George Washington, ca. 1860
Hand-colored lithograph
Gift of Emily C. Chadbourne, 1952 (52.585.66)