. The Rotunda . .H^^^^, FEATURE PEALES PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON COPIED Charles Wilson Peales portrait ofGeorge Washington is now beingcopied by Mies Hatie E. Burdette, ofWashington. The copy, when com-pleted, will hang in the restoredhome of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Ar-lington. Miss Burdette is commis-sioned in this work by the Societyof Colonial Dames which is one ofthe many American societies takingpart in the restoration of Arling-ton. The Peale portrait of Washingtonthe original of which hangs in theLee Chapel, was painted from lifein 1772. Washington wore the uni-form of the Virginia State Mil

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. The Rotunda . .H^^^^, FEATURE PEALES PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON COPIED Charles Wilson Peales portrait ofGeorge Washington is now beingcopied by Mies Hatie E. Burdette, ofWashington. The copy, when com-pleted, will hang in the restoredhome of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Ar-lington. Miss Burdette is commis-sioned in this work by the Societyof Colonial Dames which is one ofthe many American societies takingpart in the restoration of Arling-ton. The Peale portrait of Washingtonthe original of which hangs in theLee Chapel, was painted from lifein 1772. Washington wore the uni-form of the Virginia State Militiaat the time and it is in this garbthat he is painted. Upon comple-tion, it hung in his home at MountVernon and was kept there until itdescended to Robert E. Lee. He tookit to his home in Arlington wbencnit came to Lexington with him whenhe took the chair of president ofWashington College. The restoration of Arlington isnow under way and will be com-pleted by 1932, when a festival willbe held in honor of the

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