1[May 1772] (Washington Papers)
...been apprenticed as a youth, to take up painting. He visited John Singleton Copley in Boston...
2[Diary entry: 18 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
...been apprenticed as a youth, to take up painting. He visited John Singleton Copley in Boston...
3[Diary entry: 21 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
Peale’s practice was to sketch the painting out in one neutral color, show the sketch to...
4From George Washington to Robert Jackson, 26 May 1757 (Washington Papers)
2 doz. painting-brushes from the largest to the smallest size
5Cash Accounts, July 1759 (Washington Papers)
, “Jno. Winter before he had near finishd Painting my House Stole a good deal of my Paint &...
6From George Washington to Jonathan Boucher, 21 May 1772 (Washington Papers)
..., and Pennsylvania, hoping to make enough money on portrait painting to pay off pressing debts.
7From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 6 October 1773 (Washington Papers)
20 Gall: best Brittish Lintseed Oyl for Inside Painting
8Cash Accounts, July 1774 (Washington Papers)
...”; William Bushby received £5.19.6 “for Painting, Paints & Glass”; Thomas Patterson was paid...