Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

The portrait has been owned by the family for ... asking for the public’s help in finding the stolen portrait of George Washington. Anyone with information about the missing portrait is ...

Every picture tells a story, and presidential portraits help tell vital ones, not only about the man portrayed but also about his era and its ideals. The portraits also entail stories that the ...

On January 18, 1779, the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania passed a resolution commissioning a portrait of George Washington for the Council Chamber and selected Charles Willson Peale as ...

Gilbert Stuart, Lansdowne portrait (George Washington), 1796. [Image: Wiki Commons] This precedent began as early as George Washington, who chose to be depicted in his civilian attire despite his ...

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

On the afternoon of April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first president of the United States. Since Washington took his oath of office, Inauguration Day has continued to be an ...