Calyx . -, whichjiosition he held during the year 1806-97 to theeminent satisfaction of students and to the regret of all, however, at the end ofthe year he resigned. Popular, courteous andkind, he was universally loved. Slnj his successin the practice of his profession be as great aswas his in teaching PORTRAIT OF Charles Wilson Peale, 1772.(Presented to Washington and Lee University, by General G. W. Custis Lee. PORTRAIT OF Charles Wilson and Lee University, by General G. W. Custis Lee, 1897.) (Bencral Xces partiui} (5ift to Mashi
Calyx . -, whichjiosition he held during the year 1806-97 to theeminent satisfaction of students and to the regret of all, however, at the end ofthe year he resigned. Popular, courteous andkind, he was universally loved. Slnj his successin the practice of his profession be as great aswas his in teaching PORTRAIT OF Charles Wilson Peale, 1772.(Presented to Washington and Lee University, by General G. W. Custis Lee. PORTRAIT OF Charles Wilson and Lee University, by General G. W. Custis Lee, 1897.) (Bencral Xces partiui} (5ift to Mashiiujton atib %cc XHnivcrsit^. THE ciigiiiviiig shows tlio iiriiiLely gift ofGeneral G. W. C. Lee to Washington andLee, which if reckoned in dollars alone wonld liea large sum. These portraits of Washington an<lLafayette were once tlie property of GeneralWashington and adorned his home at for years, coming into General Leespossession by inheritance. The portraits are three-quarter length andlife size and are the work of Charles WilsonPeale, the celebrated portrait painter of ^\ash-ingtons time. Besides other portraits of Wash-ington, Peale painted portraits of Hamilton, Jay,Jetterson, Madison, Franklin, Steuben, Knoxand other statesmeii,and soldiers of the Revolu-tion. The portrait of Washington has sp
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