I get chills recalling the sheer power of art that I felt in this room at the National Portrait Gallery, as if the genius loci of Washington, D.C. was standing next to me like a ghost.

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29.5 x 24.5 in. (74.9 x 62.2 cm.) Hilda Gamlin, George Romney and His Art (London, 1894), p. 107. Sir Herbert Maxwell, George Romney (London, 1902), p. 187, no. 319 ...

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“It’s a powerful statement about Washington and American democracy.” George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait), Gilbert Stuart, oil on canvas, 1796 National Portrait Gallery In addition to the ...

which was part of Washington's dining marquee during the Revolutionary War, is now on display at a museum in Philadelphia ...

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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Alice Aishanna poses for a portrait outside her home displaying several American flags in Kaktovik, Alaska ...