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1. 131 relations: Alexander Hamilton, Alonzo Chappel, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Ancient Rome, Anderson Galleries, Anna Thornton, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Art in the White House, Art Institute of Chicago, Authority, Bentonville, Arkansas, Birmingham Museum of Art, Book, Brooklyn Museum, Bust (sculpture), Carrie Rebora Barratt, Catholic University of America, Centennial Exposition, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Coat of arms of the Washington family, Commander-in-chief, Congressional Record, Connecticut General Assembly, Constitutional Convention (United States), Continental Army, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Cultural icon, Democracy, Dentures, Dog, Dolley Madison, Donald W. Reynolds, Doric order, Dublin, East Room, Elizabeth Bryant Johnston, Eloquence, England, Ezra Ames, Facial expression, Fall River, Massachusetts, Fasces, Flag of the United States, French Directory, George Washington, George Washington Parke Custis, George Washington's Farewell Address, Germantown, Philadelphia, ... Expand index (81 more) »

2. 1796 paintings
3. Art in the White House
4. George Washington in art
5. Paintings by Gilbert Stuart
6. Paintings in the National Portrait Gallery (United States)
7. Paintings in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
8. Paintings in the United States Capitol
9. Portraits of politicians

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency.

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Alonzo Chappel

Alonzo Chappel (March 1, 1828 – December 4, 1887) was an American historical painter whose ancestors were French Huguenot.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Anderson Galleries

Anderson Galleries began as an auctioner of books, prints, and occasionally called Anderson Auction Company.

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Anna Thornton

Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton (1775?–1865) was a prominent Washington, D.C., socialite, diarist, and the wife of architect William Thornton, who designed the first United States Capitol building.

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Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian, (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895.

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Art in the White House

The White House's art collection, sometimes also called the White House Collection or Pride of the American Nation, has grown over time from donations from descendants of the Founding Fathers to commissions by established artists.

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Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States.

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Authority is commonly understood as the legitimate power of a person or group over other people.

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Bentonville, Arkansas

Bentonville is the ninth-most populous city in the US state of Arkansas, and the county seat of Benton County.

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Birmingham Museum of Art

The Birmingham Museum of Art is a museum in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Book

A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images.

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Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Bust (sculpture)

A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human body, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders.

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Carrie Rebora Barratt

Carrie Rebora Barratt is an American art historian specializing in museum administration and collaborative nonprofit leadership.

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Catholic University of America

The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Centennial Exposition

The Centennial International Exhibition, officially the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876.

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an American statesman, military officer and Founding Father who served as United States Minister to France from 1796 to 1797.

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Coat of arms of the Washington family

The first coat of arms of a member of the Washington family is first documented in the 14th century, borne by one of the male Washington family members of Washington Old Hall in County Durham, England.

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.

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Congressional Record

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session.

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Connecticut General Assembly

The Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Constitutional Convention (United States)

The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787.

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Continental Army

The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

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Corcoran Gallery of Art

The Corcoran Gallery of Art is a former art museum in Washington, D.C., that is now the location of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, a part of the George Washington University.

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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a museum of American art in Bentonville, Arkansas.

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Cultural icon

A cultural icon is a person or an artifact that is identified by members of a culture as representative of that culture.

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Democracy

Democracy (from dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state.

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Dentures

Dentures (also known as false teeth) are prosthetic devices constructed to replace missing teeth, supported by the surrounding soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity.

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Dog

The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.

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Dolley Madison

Dolley Todd Madison (née Payne; May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849) was the wife of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.

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Donald W. Reynolds

Donald Worthington Reynolds (September 23, 1906 – April 2, 1993) was an American businessman and philanthropist.

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Doric order

The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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East Room

The East Room is an event and reception room in the Executive Residence, which is a building of the White House complex, the home of the president of the United States.

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Elizabeth Bryant Johnston

Elizabeth Bryant Johnston (July 12, 1833 – January 13, 1907) was an American historian and author of several books on George Washington and his residence at Mount Vernon, including numerous editions of the Visitors' Guide to Mount Vernon. Johnston was also a founding member of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., Historian General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Associate Editor of American Monthly Magazine.

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Eloquence

Eloquence (from French eloquence from Latin eloquentia) is fluent, elegant, persuasive, and forceful speech, persuading an audience.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Ezra Ames

Ezra Ames (May 5, 1768 – February 23, 1836) was a popular portrait painter in Albany, New York, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Facial expression

A facial expression is one or more motions or positions of the muscles beneath the skin of the face.

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Fall River, Massachusetts

Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Fasces

Fasces (a plurale tantum, from the Latin word fascis, meaning 'bundle'; fascio littorio) is a bound bundle of wooden rods, often but not always including an axe (occasionally two axes) with its blade emerging.

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Flag of the United States

The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.

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French Directory

The Directory (also called Directorate) was the governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 26 October 1795 (4 Brumaire an IV) until October 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the Consulate.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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George Washington Parke Custis

George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 – October 10, 1857) was an American antiquarian, author, playwright, and plantation owner.

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George Washington's Farewell Address

Washington's Farewell Address is a letter written by President George Washington as a valedictory to "friends and fellow-citizens" after 20 years of public service to the United States.

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Germantown, Philadelphia

Germantown (Deutschstadt) is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Gilbert Stuart

Gilbert Stuart (Stewart; December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter born in the Rhode Island Colony who is widely considered one of America's foremost portraitists.

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Government

A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.

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Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Hat

A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory.

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Inkwell

An inkwell is a small jar or container, often made of glass, porcelain, silver, brass, or pewter, used for holding ink in a place convenient for the person who is writing.

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James Monroe

James Monroe (April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.

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Jane Stuart

Jane Stuart (1812 – April 27, 1888) was an American painter, best known for her miniature paintings and portraits, particularly those made of George Washington.

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Jay Treaty

The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, commonly known as the Jay Treaty, and also as Jay's Treaty, was a 1794 treaty between the United States and Great Britain that averted war, resolved issues remaining since the Treaty of Paris of 1783 (which ended the American Revolutionary War), and facilitated ten years of peaceful trade between the United States and Britain in the midst of the French Revolutionary Wars, which began in 1792.

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Jean-Antoine Houdon

Jean-Antoine Houdon (20 March 1741 – 15 July 1828) was a French neoclassical sculptor.

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John Delaware Lewis

John Delaware Lewis (1828 – 31 July 1884) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874.

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John Vanderlyn

John Vanderlyn (October 18, 1775September 23, 1852) was an American neoclassicist painter.

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Lenox Library (New York City)

The Lenox Library was a library incorporated and endowed in 1870.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Loyalist (American Revolution)

Loyalists were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as Tories, Royalists, or King's Men at the time.

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Loyalty

Loyalty is a devotion to a country, philosophy, group, or person.

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Maryland Center for History and Culture

The Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC), formerly the Maryland Historical Society (MdHS), founded on March 1, 1844, is the oldest cultural institution in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Masonic Temple (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic building in Philadelphia.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Memorial Hall (Philadelphia)

Memorial Hall is a Beaux-Arts style building in the Centennial District of West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.

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Military dictatorship

A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which power is held by one or more military officers.

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) is an arts museum located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.

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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is an art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW.

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National Portrait Gallery (United States)

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is a historic art museum in Washington, D.C., United States.

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National Portrait Gallery, London

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Public Library

The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City.

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New York State Capitol

The New York State Capitol, the seat of the New York state government, is located in Albany, the capital city of the U.S. state of New York.

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Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States.

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North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is a cabinet-level department within the state government of North Carolina dedicated to overseeing projects in the arts, culture, and history within the borders of the state.

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North Carolina State Capitol

The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina which housed all of the state's government until 1888.

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North Carolina State House

The North Carolina State House was built from 1792 to 1796 as the state capitol for North Carolina.

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Old Colony House

The Old Colony House, also known as Old State House or Newport Colony House, is located at the east end of Washington Square in the city of Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

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Old State House (Connecticut)

The Old State House (completed 1796) in Hartford, Connecticut is generally believed to have been designed by noted American architect Charles Bulfinch as his first public building.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is a museum and private art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Peter Jay Munro

Peter Jay Munro (January 10, 1767 – September 22, 1833) was an American lawyer and Federalist politician from New York.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Power (social and political)

In political science, power is the social production of an effect that determines the capacities, actions, beliefs, or conduct of actors.

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President of the Continental Congress

The president of the United States in Congress Assembled, known unofficially as the president of the Continental Congress and later as president of the Congress of the Confederation, was the presiding officer of the Continental Congress, the convention of delegates that assembled in Philadelphia as the first transitional national government of the United States during the American Revolution.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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President's House (Philadelphia)

The President's House in Philadelphia was the third U.S. Presidential Mansion.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.

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Providence Athenaeum

The Providence Athenaeum is an independent, member-supported subscription library in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island.

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

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Quill

A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird.

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Rainbow

A rainbow is an optical phenomenon caused by refraction, internal reflection and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a continuous spectrum of light appearing in the sky.

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Redwood Library and Athenaeum

The Redwood Library and Athenaeum is a subscription library, museum, rare book repository and research center founded in 1747, and located at 50 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Rembrandt Peale

Rembrandt Peale (February 22, 1778 – October 3, 1860) was an American artist and museum keeper.

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Rhode Island General Assembly

The State of Rhode Island General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

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Rhode Island State House

The Rhode Island State House, the capitol of the state of Rhode Island, is located at 900 Smith Street just below the crest of Smith Hill, on the border of downtown in Providence.

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Richard Worsam Meade I

Richard Worsam Meade (June 23, 1778 – June 25, 1828) was an American merchant and art collector, and the father of Civil War General George Gordon Meade.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.

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Rule of law

The rule of law is a political ideal that all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws, including lawmakers and leaders.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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Sotheby's

Sotheby's is a British-founded multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City.

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Statue of George Washington (Houdon)

George Washington is a statue by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon from the late 18th century.

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Sword

A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting.

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The Federalist Papers

The Federalist Papers is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.

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The Greenbrier

The Greenbrier is a luxury resort located in the Allegheny Mountains near White Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in the United States.

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Theo Ramos

Theodore Sanchez de Pina Ramos (17 October 1928 - 11 April 2018) was a Spanish portrait painter who became a naturalised British subject and painted Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and the Duke of Edinburgh.

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Thomas Sully

Thomas Sully (June 19, 1783November 5, 1872) was an American portrait painter.

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Treaty of Paris (1783)

The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States on September 3, 1783, officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the Thirteen Colonies, which had been part of colonial British America, to be free, sovereign and independent states.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Capitol

The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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Velvet

Weave details visible on a purple-colored velvet fabric Velvet is a type of woven fabric with a dense, even pile that gives it a distinctive soft feel.

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Vermont State House

The Vermont State House, located in Montpelier, is the state capitol of the U.S. state of Vermont.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.

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Washington and Lee University

Washington and Lee University (Washington and Lee or W&L) is a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Virginia.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.

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William Bingham

William Bingham (March 8, 1752February 7, 1804) was an American statesman from Philadelphia.

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William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, (2 May 17377 May 1805; known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history), was an Anglo-Irish Whig statesman who was the first home secretary in 1782 and then prime minister in 1782–83 during the final months of the American War of Independence.

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William Thornton

William Thornton (May 20, 1759 – March 28, 1828) was an American physician, inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol.

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XYZ Affair

The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the presidency of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to the Quasi-War.

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4th United States Congress

The 4th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

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See also

1796 paintings

• Athenaeum Portrait
• Bonaparte at the Pont d'Arcole
• Christ and the Samaritan Woman (Kauffman)
• Fishermen at Sea
• Lansdowne portrait
• Madame Georges Anthony and Her Two Sons
• Portrait of Countess Yekaterina von Engelhardt
• Portrait of Lord Hawkesbury
• Project for the Transformation of the Grande Galerie du Louvre
• The Washington Family

Art in the White House

• Abraham Lincoln (Healy)
• Appeal to the Great Spirit
• Art in the White House
• Bust of Abraham Lincoln (Borglum)
• Bust of Martin Luther King Jr. (Alston)
• Bust of Winston Churchill (Epstein)
• City of Washington from Beyond the Navy Yard
• Dismissal of School on an October Afternoon
• Fired On
• July Fourth (Grandma Moses)
• Lansdowne portrait
• Presidential portraits of George W. and Laura Bush
• The Avenue in the Rain
• The Bronco Buster
• The Peacemakers
• The Problem We All Live With
• The Rattlesnake (Remington)
• The Three Tetons
• Waiting for the Hour
• Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings)
• Working on the Statue of Liberty

George Washington in art

• Athenaeum Portrait
• Flag of Washington
• General George Washington Resigning His Commission
• General George Washington at Trenton
• George Washington (Ceracchi)
• George Washington (Constable-Hamilton Portrait)
• George Washington (Fairbanks)
• George Washington (Trumbull)
• George Washington (Trumbull, 1790)
• George Washington (copy of bust by Houdon)
• George Washington and the Revolutionary War Door
• Lansdowne portrait
• Life of Washington
• Mount Rushmore
• Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton
• Reception to Washington on April 21, 1789, at Trenton on his way to New York to Assume the Duties of the Presidency of the United States
• Revolutionary War Door
• Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States
• Seal of Washington
• Seal of the Confederate States
• Statue of Alexander Hamilton (Boston)
• Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
• The Apotheosis of Washington
• The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776
• The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777
• The Passage of the Delaware
• The Washington Family
• Washington Before Boston Medal
• Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings)
• Washington Crossing the Delaware (1953 painting)
• Washington Square Arch
• Washington at Princeton
• Washington at Verplanck's Point

Paintings by Gilbert Stuart

• Athenaeum Portrait
• Catherine Brass Yates
• George Washington (Constable-Hamilton Portrait)
• Lansdowne portrait
• Portrait of Benjamin West (Stuart)
• Portrait of Horatio Gates
• The Skater

Paintings in the National Portrait Gallery (United States)

• Barack Obama "Hope" poster
• First Lady Michelle Obama (painting)
• Lansdowne portrait
• Oprah Winfrey (painting)
• Portrait of Frederick Muhlenberg
• President Barack Obama (painting)

Paintings in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

• Lansdowne portrait
• Patrick Lyon (blacksmith)
• The Artist in His Museum
• The Gross Clinic
• Young Woman (painting)

Paintings in the United States Capitol

• Abraham Lincoln (Bittinger)
• Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs
• Declaration of Independence (painting)
• First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln
• General George Washington Resigning His Commission
• Lansdowne portrait
• Portrait of Charles Sumner
• Portrait of Frederick Muhlenberg
• Portrait of John C. Calhoun
• Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States
• Surrender of General Burgoyne
• Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
• The Apotheosis of Washington
• Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way

Portraits of politicians

• A Peace Conference at the Quai d'Orsay
• Abraham Lincoln (Bittinger)
• Alexander Hamilton (Trumbull)
• Athenaeum Portrait
• Barack Obama "Hope" poster
• Barack Obama "Joker" poster
• Brian Cowen nude portraits controversy
• Clinton Family Portrait
• Congress Voting Independence
• Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs
• General George Washington at Trenton
• George Washington (Trumbull)
• George Washington (Trumbull, 1790)
• Gubernatorial portrait of Jerry Brown
• Hanky Panky (painting)
• Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il portraits
• Lansdowne portrait
• List of photographs of Abraham Lincoln
• Mirth & Girth
• Mug shot of Donald Trump
• Photo Op (photomontage)
• Portrait of Charles Sumner
• Portrait of Frederick Muhlenberg
• Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton
• Portrait of John C. Calhoun
• Portrait of Winston Churchill (Sutherland)
• Portraits of presidents of the United States
• President Barack Obama (painting)
• Presidential portraits of George W. and Laura Bush
• The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors
• The Spear (painting)
• The Standard Bearer (Lanzinger painting)
• The Visionary
• The Washington Family
• Unfinished portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Washington at Princeton
• Washington at Verplanck's Point

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansdowne_portrait

Also known as George Washington portrait, Lansdowne portrait of George Washington.

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