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George Washington (also known as Washington and the Departure of the British Garrison from New York City) is a large full-length oil painting by American artist John Trumbull in 1790. Trumbull's earlier 1790 work, Washington at Verplanck's Point , which he had gifted to Washington's wife Martha, had been very well received.
In July, 1790, Trumbull received a commission from the corporation for the City of New York, led by Mayor Richard Varick, to paint the president's portrait. [13] [14] The result, George Washington, was a scaling-up of Washington at Verplanck's Point to nearly four times its size.
Washington at Verplanck's Point, by John Trumbull (1790). Verplanck's Point lies at the southernmost end of the hamlet of Verplanck in the town of Cortlandt, New York in the upper northwest corner of Westchester County.
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John Trumbull (June 6, 1756 – November 10, 1843) was an American painter and military officer best known for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he was a veteran.
Washington and his army achieved an early victory at the Siege of Boston in March 1776 but were forced to retreat from New York City in November. Washington crossed the Delaware River and won the battles of Trenton in late 1776 and Princeton in early 1777, then lost the battles of Brandywine and Germantown later that year. He faced criticism of ...
George Washington, also entitled George Washington and William Lee, is a full-length portrait in oil painted in 1780 by the American artist John Trumbull during the American Revolutionary War. [1] General George Washington stands near his enslaved servant William Lee, overlooking the Hudson River in New York, with West Point and ships in the ...
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