File:George Washington by John Trumbull (1780).jpg

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George Washington and William Lee, portrait by John Trumbull in 1780.

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John Trumbull: George Washington  wikidata:Q19925424 reasonator:Q19925424
Artist
John Trumbull  (1756–1843)  wikidata:Q369263
 
John Trumbull
Description American painter and architect
Date of birth/death 6 June 1756 Edit this at Wikidata 10 November 1843 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lebanon Edit this at Wikidata Category:New York
Work location
New York, London
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q369263
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Title
George Washington
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: In this portrait of George Washington, he is shown standing on a bluff above the Hudson River with his enslaved personal servant, William "Billy" Lee, attending his horse. The view across the river encompasses West Point, New York, with a red-and-white banner, possibly the Navy ensign adopted in 1775, flying atop the fortress. Trumbull had served on Washington’s staff as an aide-de-camp early in the Revolutionary War. He painted this portrait from memory about five years later, when he was studying in London. It was the first authoritative representation of Washington available in Europe and was soon copied throughout the Continent.
Depicted people
Date 1780 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 91.4 cm (35.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 71.1 cm (27.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+91.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+71.1U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Accession number
24.109.88 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
References
Source/Photographer The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Derivative works of this file:  William Billy Lee 1780.png

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