Collection The Presidents
Biographies & Portraits
George Washington by Rembrandt Peale
- Artist
- Rembrandt Peale
- Date of Work
- c. 1823
- Medium
- Oil on canvas on panel
- Type
- Portrait
- Credit
- White House Historical Association (White House Collection)
George Washington by Rembrandt Peale
Rembrandt Peale, Oil on canvas on panel, c. 1823.
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