A magnificent portrait of the George Washington that usually hangs in the U.S. embassy in Paris has headed to Versailles for some much-needed TLC. This involves the painstaking removal of some ...

The portrait has been owned by the family for ... asking for the public’s help in finding the stolen portrait of George Washington. Anyone with information about the missing portrait is ...

Colorado police are enlisting the help of the public to apprehend any potential suspects in the theft The portrait has belonged ... century-old portrait of George Washington heisted from a storage ...

this exhibition lies at the heart of the Portrait Gallery's mission to tell the American story through the individuals who have shaped it. Ever since George Washington became President in 1789, the ...

Gilbert Stuart, Lansdowne portrait (George Washington), 1796. [Image: Wiki Commons] This precedent began as early as George Washington, who chose to be depicted in his civilian attire despite his ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

Every picture tells a story, and presidential portraits help tell vital ones, not only about the man portrayed but also about his era and its ideals. The portraits also entail stories that the ...

Created once per term in office, presidential portraits are a longstanding tradition that date back to the first president of the United States. Since George Washington's last year in office in ...