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Which Washington portrait is the real likeness in history
Mount Vernon historians compare portraits by Peale Stuart and Houdon to Washington’s true visage. Peale captured him in several life portraits, while Stuart’s Athenaeum image popularized a different look, and Houdon created the most accurate likeness from a life mask used for a bust and the Virginia State Capitol statue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Washington
Gilbert Stuart
Charles Willson Peale
John Trumbull
Edward Savage
Jean Antoine Houdon
Joseph Wright
England
America
William Russell
London
Peale
Virginia
Princeton
Supreme Executive Council of
Pennsylvania
Trenton
Princeton University
United States
Stuart
Boston Athenaeum
Martha Washington
General Assembly of Virginia
State Capitol
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Houdon
France
Virginia State Capitol
Richmond
George
Archibald Robertson
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Washington, c
Jean-Baptiste le Paon