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Traces the origins of art in the American republic as reflected in the portraits of George Washington and the lives of the artists who defined him, in an account that reveals the virtual absence of fine painters in early America and includes profiles of such artists as Charles Wilson Peale, John Trumbull, and Benjamin West. 25,000 first printing.

Hugh Howard's numerous books include Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson; the definitive Thomas Jefferson, Architect; his memoir House-Dreams; and most recently the very successful Houses of the Founding Fathers. He resides in upstate New York with his wife, writer Elizabeth Lawrence, and their two teenage daughters.