Archival Art Gallery – People

"George Washington. Painting by John Trumbull, 1780. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art"

George Washington. Painting by John Trumbull, 1780. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust-Length Study of a Man. Painting by François-Auguste Biard, 1848.

Bust-Length Study of a Man. Painting by François-Auguste Biard, 1848. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Benedict Arnold. Painting by John Ramage, 1780-1782. Credit: Christopher Bryant"

Benedict Arnold. Painting by John Ramage, 1780-1782. Credit: Christopher Bryant

"Good Peter," Chief of the Oneida Indians. Painting by John Trumbull, 1792. Credit: Yale University Art Gallery

“Good Peter,” Chief of the Oneida Indians. Painting by John Trumbull, 1792. Credit: Yale University Art Gallery

Portrait of John Greenwood. Painting by John Ramage, 1785. Credit: The New York Academy of Medicine Library

Portrait of John Greenwood. Painting by John Ramage, 1785. Credit: The New York Academy of Medicine Library

Phillis Wheatley. Attributed to Scipio Moorhead, 1773. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Phillis Wheatley. Attributed to Scipio Moorhead, 1773. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Elizabeth Freeman ("Mumbet"). Painting by Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick, 1811. Credit: Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society

Elizabeth Freeman (“Mumbet”). Painting by Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick, 1811. Credit: Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society

Charles, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Cornwallis. Painting by John Singleton Copleys, ca. 1795. Credit: Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London

Charles, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Cornwallis. Painting by John Singleton Copleys, ca. 1795. Credit: Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London

George Washington as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Painting by Charles Peale Polk, ca. 1787-1793. Credit: Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

George Washington as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Painting by Charles Peale Polk, ca. 1787-1793. Credit: Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

General George Washington Resigning His Commission. Painting by John Trumbull, 1826. Credit: Architect of the Capitol

General George Washington Resigning His Commission. Painting by John Trumbull, 1826. Credit: Architect of the Capitol

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mifflin (Sarah Morris). Painting by John Singleton Copley, 1773. Credit: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mifflin (Sarah Morris). Painting by John Singleton Copley, 1773. Credit: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Thomas Jefferson. Painting by Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1791-1792. Credit: Independence National Historical Park, National Park Service

Thomas Jefferson. Painting by Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1791-1792. Credit: Independence National Historical Park, National Park Service

Nathanael Greene. Painting by Charles Willson Peale, 1783. Credit: Independence National Historical Park, National Park Service

Nathanael Greene. Painting by Charles Willson Peale, 1783. Credit: Independence National Historical Park, National Park Service

Alexander Hamilton. Painting by Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1790-1795. Credit: Independence National Historical Park, National Park Service

Alexander Hamilton. Painting by Charles Willson Peale, ca. 1790-1795. Credit: Independence National Historical Park, National Park Service

Gayë́twahgehKi On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter). Painting by F. Bartoli, 1796. Credit: The New York Historical http://www.nyhistory.org

Gayë́twahgehKi On Twog Ky (also known as Cornplanter). Painting by F. Bartoli, 1796. Credit: The New York Historical http://www.nyhistory.org

The Surrender of General Burgoyne. Painting by John Trumbull, 1821. Credit: Architect of the Capitol

The Surrender of General Burgoyne. Painting by John Trumbull, 1821. Credit: Architect of the Capitol

Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Chief of the Mohawks. Painting by George Romney, 1776. Credit: National Gallery of Canada, Bridgeman Images.

Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Chief of the Mohawks. Painting by George Romney, 1776. Credit: National Gallery of Canada, Bridgeman Images.

Baron Frederick William von Steuben. Painting by Charles Willson Peale, 1780. Credit: Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Baron Frederick William von Steuben. Painting by Charles Willson Peale, 1780. Credit: Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts