George Washington
George Washington, A National Treasure
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However unimportant America may be considered at present... there will assuredly come a day when this country will have some weight in the scale of empires. -George Washington to Francis Adrian Van der Kemp, Mount Vernon, May 28, 1788



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George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, mezzotint, 1780

George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, mezzotint, 1780
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
 
This exhibition has completed its national tour but the portrait can be viewed at the National Portrait Gallery when it reopens July 1, 2006. Visit www.npg.si.edu to learn more.  
















 

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