Portrait c1864 of George Washington and his family - Washington (1732 - 1799) was the first US President (1789 - 1797).


Portrait engraving circa 1864 of George Washington and his family. The print shows George and wife Martha sitting at a table with Martha's grandchildren George Washington Parke Custis and Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis standing to the right and left of George senior while a servant enters the room on the right. Washington married widow Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759 and together they raised her two children from her previous marriage (John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis). Later they raised the two grandchildren depicted in the portrait. Washington (1732 - 1799) was the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783) and the first US President (1789 - 1797). Engraving by William Sartain (1843 - 1924) based on an original painting by Christian Schussele (c1826 - 1879).


Size: 7292px × 5157px
Photo credit: © Archive Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1776, 1789, 18th, 1st, 4, acclaimed, america, american, americana, americans, army, art, artwork, artworks, celebrated, century, chief, children, christian, color, colour, commander, commander--chief, commanders, constitution, continental, country, custis, dandridge, daughter, declaration, distinguished, eighteenth, eleanor, eminent, engraving, engravings, famed, family, famous, father, fathers, figure, figures, founding, general, generals, george, grand-children, grandchildren, great, greatest, heritage, hero, heroes, heroic, historic, historical, history, horizontal, icon, iconic, icons, illustration, illustrations, independence, influential, inspirational, july, landscape, leader, leaders, leadership, leading, life, martha, military, national, nelly, north, noted, painting, paintings, parke, people, person, personal, persons, political, politician, politicians, politics, portrait, portraits, president, presidential, presidents, print, prints, renowned, revolution, revolutionary, sartain, schussele, seated, servant, servants, sitting, soldier, soldiers, son, states, statesman, statesmanship, statesmen, symbol, symbols, united, usa, war, washington, wife, william