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The earliest authenticated portrait of George Washington shows him wearing his colonel's uniform of the Virginia Regiment from the French and Indian War. The portrait was painted about 12 years after Washington's service in that war, and several years before he would reenter military service in the American Revolution. Oil on canvas.

Source

Washington-Custis-Lee Collection, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia

Date

1772

Author

Creator/Artist
Name	Peale, Charles Willson
Date of birth/death	1741-04-15	1827-02-22
Location of birth/death	St. Paul's Parish, Maryland	Philadelphia
Work location	Deutsch: Nordamerikanische Ostküste English: East coast of North America

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