File:Washington 1772.jpg
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[edit]Charles Willson Peale: Washington in the Uniform of a British Colonial Colonel
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q454945 |
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Title |
Portrait of George Washington |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre |
portrait ![]() |
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Description |
The earliest authenticated portrait of George Washington shows him wearing his colonel's uniform of the Virginia Regiment from the French and Indian War. The portrait was painted about 12 years after Washington's service in that war, and several years before he would reenter military service in the American Revolution. Oil on canvas. |
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Depicted people |
George Washington ![]() |
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Date | Artwork: 1772. Donated to the Washington and Lee University in 1897 (source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/12/13/earliest-known-painting-george-washington-comes-home-mount-vernon/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.79342450c844) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Collection | Washington and Lee University | |||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
1951.80 (National Portrait Gallery) ![]() |
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Source/Photographer |
Washington-Custis-Lee Collection, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia And at http://www.americanmilitaryhistorymsw.com/blog/536357-washingtons-mission/ |
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Uniform of a colonel in the Virginia militia
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current | 19:20, 15 February 2019 | ![]() | 2,418 × 3,000 (1.22 MB) | Hohum (talk | contribs) | Minor fix |
19:17, 15 February 2019 | ![]() | 2,418 × 3,000 (1.22 MB) | Hohum (talk | contribs) | Colour adjust using reference images | |
20:13, 24 August 2015 | ![]() | 2,418 × 3,000 (1.41 MB) | Scewing (talk | contribs) | scan from original source | |
20:13, 24 August 2015 | ![]() | 2,418 × 3,000 (1.41 MB) | Scewing (talk | contribs) | Higher resolution | |
02:25, 1 September 2011 | ![]() | 840 × 955 (484 KB) | Gyrobo (talk | contribs) | Higher resolution version. | |
02:10, 25 September 2010 | ![]() | 408 × 480 (194 KB) | Scewing (talk | contribs) | adjusted black level | |
02:00, 15 July 2006 | ![]() | 408 × 480 (46 KB) | Nonenmac (talk | contribs) | {{Information| |Description = Portrait of George Washington. Oil on canvas. |Source = English Wikipedia |Date = 1772 |Author = {{Creator:Charles Willson Peale|Washington, George}} |Permission = {{PD-art}} |other_versions = }} [[Category:George Washi |
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Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | GIMP 2.10.8 |
File change date and time | 19:20, 15 February 2019 |
Color space | sRGB |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:5d155636-64eb-4d63-b295-c7c0415a900d |