First President Of The United States
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army, Washington led the Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War and served as the president of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which created the Constitution of the United States and the American federal government. Washington has been called the " Father of his Country" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the country. Washington's first public office was serving as the official surveyor of Culpeper County, Virginia, from 1749 to 1750. Subsequently, he received his first military training (as well as a command with the Virginia Regiment) during the French and Indian War. He was later elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and was named a delegate to the Continental Congress wh ...
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Athenaeum Portrait
The ''Athenaeum Portrait'', also known as The Athenaeum, is an Unfinished creative work, unfinished painting by Gilbert Stuart of President of the United States, United States President George Washington. Created in 1796, it is Stuart's most notable work. The painting depicts Washington at age 65, about three years before his death, on a brown background. It served as the model for the engraving that would be used for Washington's portrait on the United States one-dollar bill. A corresponding portrait of Martha Washington is also known as the ''Athenaeum Portrait'', and is exhibited near the painting of her husband at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Name The painting is called the "Athenaeum" as, after the death of Stuart, the portrait was sent to the Boston Athenaeum. The painting The Athenaeum is Stuart's most famous work. He started painting the Athenaeum in 1796, in Germantown, Philadelphia (now a neighborhood within Philadelphia). The painting is oil on canvas, and depi ...
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