In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

The official portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart in 1796 ... portraitist was aided by Gilbert Stuart’s daughter. He painted every White House occupant from John Quincy Adams ...

The Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France has been commissioned to restore the 1779 painting from the ...

The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's ...

Ever since George ... when painted, sculpted or engraved likenesses were the only means that most people knew their Presidents. In the case of Washington, there were even sporadic debates through much ...