The Washingtons

by Flora Fraser

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  ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

  Credit ins.1 George Washington wearing the uniform of the colonial Virginia Regiment: Charles Willson Peale, George Washington as Colonel in the Virginia Regiment. 1772. Washington-Custis-Lee Collection, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

  Credit ins.2 Martha Parke Custis: John Wollaston, Portrait of Martha Dandridge Custis. 1757. Washington-Custis-Lee Collection, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.

  Credit ins.3 Mount Vernon, aerial: Cameron Davidson, Mount Vernon, aerial photograph. Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Mount Vernon, Va.

  Credit ins.4 View of the mansion: Eastman Johnson, The Old Mount Vernon. 1857. Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, Mount Vernon, Va.

  Credit ins.5 Mount Vernon, looking south: William Russell Birch, Potomak Front of Mount Vernon. c. 1801–1803. Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, Mount Vernon, Va.

  Credit ins.6 Patsy Parke Custis: Charles Willson Peale, Martha Parke Custis. 1772. Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, Mount Vernon, Va.

  Credit ins.7 Jacky Parke Custis: Charles Willson Peale, John Parke Custis
. 1772. Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, Mount Vernon, Va.

  Credit ins.8 Martha’s children: Matthew Pratt, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. Second half of eighteenth century. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.

  Credit ins.9 John Trumbull’s depiction of Washington: John Trumbull, Washington at Verplanck’s Point, New York, 1782, Reviewing the French Troops After the Victory at Yorktown. 1790. Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Del.

  Credit ins.10 The Marquis de Lafayette: Joseph-Désiré Court, Gilbert Motier, Marquis de la Fayette. 1792. Chateau de Versailles. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Chateau de Versailles).

  Credit ins.11 Presidential home life: Edward Savage, The Washington Family: George Washington, His Lady, and Her Two Grandchildren by the name of Custis. 1798. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

  Credit ins.12 The Hessians: John Trumbull, The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776. 1786–1828. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

  Credit ins.13 Washington resigns his commission: John Trumbull, The Resignation of General Washington. 1824–1828. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

  Credit ins.14 Martha, painted by Peale: Charles Willson Peale, Martha Dandridge Custis (Mrs. George) Washington. 1795. Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pa.

  Credit ins.15 Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Washington: Gilbert Stuart, Portrait of George Washington. 1797. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian/Art Resource/Scala, Florence.

  Credit ins.16 Washington Crossing the Delaware: Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware. 1851. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. Art Resource/Scala, Florence.

  Credit ins.17 Larry Rivers’s Washington Crossing: Larry Rivers, Washington Crossing the Delaware. 1953. The Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. Photo Scala, Florence.

  Credit ins.18 Matt Feazell’s cartoon: Matt Feazell, Leutze’s Crossing. © Matt Feazell 2015.

  Credit ins.19 Grant Wood’s Washington: Grant Wood, Parson Weems’ Fable. 1939. Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Tex.

  Credit ins.20 Washington’s love of dancing: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, The Victory Ball. 1781. 1929. Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.