George Washington: Man, Myth, Monument Images from the Metropolitan

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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)

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George Washington: Man, Myth, Monument

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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)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Bequest of John L. Cadwalader, 1914 (14.58.235)

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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)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1962 (62.256.7)

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George Washington: Man, Myth, Monument

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H. Weishaupt after Samuel Moore

Apotheosis of George Washington, ca. 1860

Hand-colored lithograph

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gift of Emily C. Chadbourne, 1952 (52.585.66)