Keywords: George Washington at Princeton.jpg Artwork Creator Charles Willson Peale 1779 Oil on canvas cm 232 7 148 3 United States Senate object history en The original now owned by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania for its council chamber in Independence Hall in Philadelphia was completed in early 1779 when Washington sat for Peale in Philadelphia Of the estimated 18 replicas the superlative Senate picture is the earliest recorded one that Peale made The Senate picture was purchased from the artist by the French Ambassador Conrad-Alexandre Gerard probably on behalf of Louis XVI accession number http //www senate gov/artandhistory/art/common/image/Painting_31_00002 htm United States Senate other versions PD-old-100 Washington at the Battle of Princeton Peale 1779 02 United States Senate United States Senate Copies of portrait paintings Peale George Washington at the Battle of Princeton United States Senate |