The painter's chair : George Washington and the making of American art

The painter's chair : George Washington and the making of American art

1st U.S. ed.

New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.

xix, 297 p., [16] p. of plates (some col.) : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

923.173 W318how 2009 MP

(OCoLC)233591858

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-285) and index.
Contents: The players -- A Washington timeline -- An accidental gallery -- The first likeness -- The General -- The finest statuary of the world -- Remembering the founding father -- Friends & family: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington -- Tobias Lear -- Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis Lewis -- George Washington "Wash" Parke Custis -- Dr. James Craik -- William Lee -- The Marquis de Lafayette -- The artists: John Smibert -- John Singleton Copley -- Charles Willson Peale -- Colonel John Trumbull -- Benjamin West -- Gilbert Stuart -- Jean-Antoine Houdon -- Edward Savage -- Rembrandt Peale.
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