Boston, Massachusetts

What? Washington as a Greek God? George Washington as the Roman god Jupiter, inspired by the colossal statue of Zeus in Olympia, Greece. He wears sandals and holds a Roman sword. Statue by Horatio Greenough, 1840. "To commemorate the centennial of Washington's birth in 1832, Congress commissioned Greenough to create a statue for display in the Capitol Rotunda. As soon as the marble statue arrived in the capital city in 1841, however, it attracted controversy and criticism. Greenough had modeled his figure of Washington on a classical Greek statue of Zeus, but many Americans found the sight of a half-naked Washington offensive, even comical....Some joked that Washington was desperately reaching for his clothes, on exhibit at the Patent Office several blocks to the north. In 1964 it was moved to the National Museum of American History. The marble Washington has held court on the second floor ever since."

Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by German American artist Emanuel Leutze. It commemorates General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware on December 25, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War.

Gilbert Stuart - His best known work, the unfinished portrait of George Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, was begun in 1796 and left incomplete at the time of Stuart's death in 1828. The image of George Washington featured in the painting has appeared on the United States one-dollar bill for over one century.

Earliest portrait of Washington, painted in 1772 by Charles Wilson Peale, shows Washington in uniform as colonel of the Virginia Regiment.

Parson Weems' Fable Grant Wood, American, 1891-1942 1939

Awesome Painting! Grant Wood wanted to preserve the traditional American folklore represented in Parson Weems' Fable when, during a period following the Depression, some intellectuals wanted to do away with many of our American myths and folktales. In this painting, Wood wanted to help reawaken interest in the cherry tree and other bits of American folklore that are too good to lose. This painting presents Parson Mason Locke Weems pulling back the curtain to show us the legendary George Washington cherry tree story. The position of Weems' hand directs the viewer's eye to young George and his father. The gathering storm clouds seem to reinforce the tension between the father and son. The boy's head is borrowed from the Gilbert Stuart portrait with which we are all familiar because it also appears on our one dollar bill. In Parson Weems' Fable, the viewer sees a young George looking not noble or dignified, but a bit worried, as he faces his father who is demanding that he hand over the hatchet.

Portrait of George Washington in military uniform.

Step #4 (do this last!!!) Gilbert Stuart’s “Landsdowne Portrait” Click on the link below http://www.georgewashington.si.edu/portrait/index.html