Mount Vernon, the home of Washington . Firedogs Presented to Washington by LaFayette 34 ceeded in creating sketchestypifying a fine-skinned un-wrinkled face, to which theyhave added a fluffily clothedbody, crowning the creationswith a bewigged head onwhich a number five hatwould fit with nicety. In thepaintings and statues in theHall of Fame at the NationalCapitol, in the Boston Pub-lic Library and the City Hallof New York, I have seenthese same elaborate misrep-resentations. Unfortunately some ofthis work is credited to theHoudon life mask, but goto Mount Vernon and seefor yourself and you wi
Mount Vernon, the home of Washington . Firedogs Presented to Washington by LaFayette 34 ceeded in creating sketchestypifying a fine-skinned un-wrinkled face, to which theyhave added a fluffily clothedbody, crowning the creationswith a bewigged head onwhich a number five hatwould fit with nicety. In thepaintings and statues in theHall of Fame at the NationalCapitol, in the Boston Pub-lic Library and the City Hallof New York, I have seenthese same elaborate misrep-resentations. Unfortunately some ofthis work is credited to theHoudon life mask, but goto Mount Vernon and seefor yourself and you will beconvinced that the great 35]. sculptor is to be held blame-less for the libels upon hiswork. A good picture of Wash-ington, in his last years,hangs in the old Masoniclodge room at Alexandria,Virginia. General Washing-ton was master of the Alex-andria Lodge, and approvedthe portrait which hangs onthe wall. It was produced byWilliams, an obscure artistwho lived in Philadelphia. In [se; this hall there are preservedmany interesting Washing-ton relics, including his Mas-ter Masons apron, and thechair in which he sat as mas-ter. There is also the trowelused by General Washingtonin laying the cornerstone ofthe National Capitol, hisspurs, pocket compass, thelesser lights and the hourglass of the lodge.
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