George Washington and the Making of American Art
by
Hugh Howard
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
"I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painters pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck ... no dray moves more readily to the Thill, than I do to the Painters Chair." -George Washington, 16, 1785
When George Washington was born, the New World had virtually no artists. Over...