The Washington Family

Andrew W. Mellon Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The Washington Family by Edward Savage (1789–1796).
The British Museum, London (2011)
1798 stipple print of The Washington Family by Edward Savage

The Washington Family by Edward Savage is a life-sized group portrait of the Washington family, including U.S. President George Washington, First Lady Martha Washington, two of her grandchildren and a black servant, most likely an enslaved man whose identity was not recorded.[1][2] The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., presently displays the large painting (7 feet (2.1 m) x 9.3 feet (2.8 m)).[3]

  1. ^ Manca, Joseph (Fall 2011). "A Theology of Architecture: Edward Savage's Portrait of George Washington and his Family". Source: Notes in the History of Art. 31 (1). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press Journals: 29–36. doi:10.1086/sou.31.1.23208548. JSTOR 23208548. S2CID 192621881. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  2. ^ Howard, Hugh (2009). Chapter 7: "The Washington Family". New York: Bloomsbury Press. pp. 138–156. ISBN 9781596912441. LCCN 2008028228. OCLC 233591858. Retrieved August 28, 2017 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Savage, Edward. "The Washington Family 1789-1796". Retrieved October 23, 2018.

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