George Washington (Trumbull)

For the 1790 painting, see George Washington (Trumbull, 1790).
George Washington
George Washington and William Lee
American General Washington and valet William Lee near the Hudson River
ArtistJohn Trumbull
Year1780
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions91.4 cm × 71.1 cm (36 in × 28 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

George Washington, also entitled George Washington and William Lee, is a full-length portrait in oil painted in 1780 by the American artist John Trumbull during the American Revolutionary War.[1] General George Washington stands near his enslaved servant William Lee, overlooking the Hudson River in New York, with West Point and ships in the background. Trumbull, who once served as an aide-de-camp to Washington, painted the picture from memory while studying under Benjamin West in London. He finished it before his arrest for high treason in November.[2][3] The portrait, measuring 36 in × 28 in (0.91 m × 0.71 m), is on view in Gallery 753 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Originally in the possession of the de Neufville family of the Netherlands, it was bequeathed to the museum by Charles Allen Munn in 1924.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Trumbull, John. "George Washington and William Lee". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  2. ^ a b Caldwell, John; Rodriguez Roque, Oswaldo; Johnson, Dale T. (1994). "John Trumbull: George Washington". In Kathleen Luhrs (ed.). American Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 201–203. Archived from the original on 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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