George Washington
Charles Willson Peale
ca. 1779–81
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
95 x 61 3/4 in. (241.3 x 156.8 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Collis P. Huntington, 1897
Accession Number
97.33
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
CannonsGeorge WashingtonMenPortraits
About the Artist
Charles Willson Peale · 1741–1827
Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827) was an American painter, museum founder, naturalist, and inventor who became the most important American portraitist of the Revolutionary era and a central figure in the cultural life of the young republic. Born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, he initially trained as a saddler before turning to painting, studying briefly with John Singleton Copley in Boston and ...