Early Republic

Rotunda, University of Virginia and Statue of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, Virginia — […]

Thomas Jefferson, Rotunda, University of Virginia

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John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence

Charles Wilson Peale, The Artist in His Museum, 1822, oil on canvas, 263.5 x 202.9 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts) — […]

Charles Willson Peale, The Artist in His ...

Charles Willson Peale, Staircase Group (Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale), 1795, oil on canvas, 89-1/2 x 39-3/8 inches / 227.3 x 100 cm (Philadelphia Museum of Art) — […]

Charles Willson Peale, Staircase Group (Portrait of Raphaelle ...

Gilbert Stuart, The Skater (Portrait of William Grant), 1782, oil on canvas, 235.5 x 147.4 cm (National Gallery of Art) — […]

Gilbert Stuart, The Skater

John Vanderlyn, Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos, 1809-14, oil on canvas, 68 1/2 x 87" / 174 x 221 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) — […]

John Vanderlyn, Ariadne Asleep on the Island ...

Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1770-1806 (Photo: Rick Stillings, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) — […]

Thomas Jefferson, Monticello

Gilbert Stuart, Lansdowne Portrait of George Washington, 1796, oil on canvas, 96 × 60" / 243.8 × 152.4 cm (National Portrait Gallery) — […]

Gilbert Stuart’s Lansdowne Portrait

Washington looking to his left in his military uniform (detail), Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington, 1788-92, marble, 6' 2" high, State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, (photo: Holley St. Germain, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) — […]

Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington