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1. Lawrence Washington. Painting attributed to John Wollaston. Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.

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2. Martha Dandridge Custis. Painting by John Wollaston. Courtesy of Washington and Lee University.

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3. Martha Washington. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. Courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery, Mabel Brady Garvan Collection.

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4. John Parke Custis. By the Kind Permission of E. L. R. Smith of Baltimore, Maryland, Owner of the Original.

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5. The Washington Family. Painting by Edward Savage. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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6. Washington in 1777-1778. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.

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7. George William Fairfax.

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8. Washington in 1787. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

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9. Washington in 1796. The “Lansdowne” Portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

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10. Washington in 1785. Clay Bust for the Statue by Jean Antoine Houdon. Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.

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11. Washington’s Election as Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces. From the Journal of the Continental Congress for June 15, 1776. Library of Congress.

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12. Benjamin Lincoln. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park Collection.

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13. Anthony Wayne. Painting by Peter F. Rothermel, Based on the Study by John Trumbull. Courtesy of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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14. Charles Lee. Caricature by Benjamin Rushbrooke.

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15. Joseph Reed. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park Collection.

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16. John Sullivan. Independence National Historical Park Collection.

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17. Benedict Arnold. Engravings by B. Reading from the Drawing by du Simetiére.

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18. Friedrich, Baron von Steuben. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park Collection.

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19. Jean Baptiste, Comte de Rochambeau. Courtesy of Musée Bonnat, Bayonne, France.

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20. Marie Joseph, Marquis de Lafayette. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park Collection.

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21. Horatio Gates. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park Collection.

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22. Thomas Mifflin. Detail from the Painting by John Singleton Copley. Courtesy of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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23. Joseph Trumbull. Painting by John Trumbull. Courtesy of the Connecticut Historical Society.

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24. Henry Knox. Painting by Edward Savage. Property of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, New York City.

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25. Nathanael Greene. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park Collection.

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26. Washington at Yorktown with Lafayette and Tench Tilghman. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. State House of Annapolis, Maryland.

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27. Washington’s Welcome at Trenton Bridge, 1789. Engraving by T. Kelley. From Washington Irving’s Life of George Washington, vol. IV.

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28. Edmund Randolph. A Copy by F. J. Fisher of the Painting by Gilbert Stuart in the State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia. Commonwealth of Virginia. Photograph by Dementi Studio.

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29. John Jay. Portrait by Joseph Wright. Courtesy of The New-York Historical Society.

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30. Alexander Hamilton. Painting by John Trumbull. By Permission of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Andrew Mellon Collection.

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31. John Adams. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park Collection.

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32. John Marshall. By Permission of Mrs. Benjamin T. Woodruff of Charleston, West Virginia. Photograph by Dementi Studio.

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33. Tobias Lear. Pastel by James Sharples. Collection of Anna Decatur Wright. Photograph Courtesy of the Frick Art Reference Library.

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34. Thomas Jefferson. Painting by Charles Willson Peale. Independence National Historical Park Collection.

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35. James Madison. Painting by Gilbert Stuart. Courtesy of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine.

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36. James Monroe. Painting by John Vanderlyn. Courtesy of the Art Commission of the City of New York.

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37. Major Pierre L’Enfant’s Plan for a “Federal City,” as Reproduced in the Columbian Magazine for March, 1792. The Papers of George Washington, Library of Congress.