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Charles Wilson Peale's 1772 portrait of Washington as a young colonel with the Virginia militia
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A reconstruction by forensic anthropologists of what Martha probably looked like in her 20s, based on later portraits
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Martha Washington's famous, stylish, and oh-so-pricey wedding slippers
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Emanuel Leutze's iconic 1851 depiction of Washington crossing the ice-choked Delaware
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Renowned French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon's 1785 life bust of Washington, widely considered the most accurate likeness
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John Trumbull's 1817 depiction of Washington resigning his commission at the end of the Revolutionary War
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One of Gilbert Stuart's many portraits of Washington as president, from 1795
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Charles Wilson Peale's last portrait of the president from life, from 1795
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Gilbert Stuart's monumental, symbol-rich 1796 portrait
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Rembrandt Peale's 1853 portrayal of a heroic Washington, "father of his country"
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Rembrandt Peale's companion portrait of Martha Washington
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Washington's Mount Vernon estate