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Washington portraits and a secret wooden statue
A discussion of famous Washington likenesses from Houdon to Trumbull and Stuart, noting their features and the Virginia statue by Houdon. A mystery wooden Washington statue in Wilmington Delaware is traced from Bowling Green to New York arches, with a January 1784–1860s chronology and gaps in archival proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Washington
Houdon
Stuart
Trumbull
Richmond
Smart
Portralt
Hendon
Hoeudun
France
Philadelphia
Paul Bartlett
Houden
Louden
Canova
Boudon
Rome
Virginia
Jefferson
General Washington
Franklin
Monsieur Houdon
Paris
Louis VII
Voltaire
Isaid
Jeffersoon
Harrison
Europe
Lafayette
Russia
Richard Henry Lee
Monroe
Congress
Antonia Canova
Possarno
Italy
Jean Antoine Houdon
Keorche
Thiedas
Heudon
Academy
America
Benjamin Franklin
Diana
Wilmington
Del
Historical Society of Delaware
Bowling Green
New York
City History Club
New York City
Art Commission
City Hall
George II
England
Jacques
South
Norwalk
Conn
Jacques i
Schaff
Antonin Decorate
Frank Theobald
Fifth Avenue
Harper's Weekly
Frank Lestie
Lwi
Joseph Liebman
New York Historical Society
Liebman
IM3
St. Nicholas Avenue
Huntred
Eighty-Second Street
General Coleman du Pont
Historical Society of
Delaware
Delaware Historical , Socety