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A Painting Of George Washington That Inspired His Portrait On The $1 Bill Is Heading To Auction

As the first president of the United States, George Washington is one of the most recognizable figures in American history.

George Washington portrait that helped inspire $1 bill will go to highest bidder

This George Washington portrait by Gilbert Stuart, commissioned by James Madison, has a colorful history. Now Christie’s in New York will auction it in January.
Smithsonian Magazine

One of the George Washington Portraits That Inspired the Image on the $1 Bill Could Sell for Up to $1 Million

Artist Gilbert Stuart made numerous paintings of the first president. The copy that's up for sale was commissioned by James ...
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Portrait of James Madison, (painting)

After the portrait by Chester Harding. Fourth President, 1809-1817. [P. 31; see entry 01950314 for a note on the artist.] The Catalogue of the Art Gallery of the Inter-State Industrial Exposition of ...