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Among the many painters pamters who whomade whomade whomade made portraits of Washmgton Washington Washmgtonwere Washingtonwere Washingtonwere were the Peales-Charles Peales Charles Peales - Charles WIll WIllson Willson Willson son Peale his brother James Jamesand Jamesand Jamesand and his two sons Rembrandt and andRaphael andRaphael andRaphael Raphael Peale Pe.ale . , One day whIle whIleWashmgton whileWashington whileWashington Washmgton Washington was sitting slttmg for all allfour allfour allfour four of them Stuart appeared appearedon on the scene but left ImmedIate immediately ly As he came out of the studIo studIohe studiohe studiohe he met Martha Washington Washmgton and andremarked andremarked andremarked remarked to her that her hus husband husband husband band was 'bemg bemg ' being peeled all allaround allaround allaround around This pun has been at attrIbuted attributed attnbuted trIbuted to Washington Washmgton But It ItIS itis itis IS more likely that Stuart was wasthe wasthe wasthe the man for he deliberately cuI cul cuItIvated cultivated cultivated tIvated a reputation as a wit and andIt andit andit It sounds more like hke } him um than It Itdoes itdoes itdoes does George WashingtonWashmgton Washington Washmgton * . * . * . Washington Washmgton s eyes were gray graybut graybut graybut but in m making makmg the Vaughan VaughanportraIt Vaughanportrait Vaughanportrait portraIt Stuart painted pamted them themblue themblue themblue blue because as he said he could couldnot couldnot couldnot not get a gray color that would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be permanent and he felt justi r /g g / 4 4A A Copy of the Atheneaum Atheneeum Por For Fortrait Portrait trait of Martha Washngtonfled Washington Washngton Washingtonfied fied fled m In the substitution because becausehe he was painting pamtmg an Immortal Immortalcharacter immortalcharacter immortalcharacter character When It'as it \ was \\'as 'as as \ ' suggest ed suggested to him that he had made the theeyes theeyes theeyes eyes too blue he answered , They will be just right m n a hundred ahundred years ' a . e * . eAfter * . After Stuart had painted 'Pamted Pamted ' Wash Washington Washmgton mgton ington the first time he told hIs hisfriend frIend Isaac Weld who wrote therewere Travels wroteTravels in America that there were features in n the President s face sface totally different from those thosehe he had observed otherman m In any other manTl -Tl Tl man - ' - - - The - - - - - sockets for the ey s sfor eygsfor eygs for Instance , were larger than thanwhat what I ever met wIth , before _ , andthe - V A and ClllU the upper part of the nose brqad broad broader _ er BE he k- k kamong - - - > " - featureswere saId All lus his features were mdlCatIve indicative of the strongest strongestand and most and PassIOnsand had he ungovernable been born PassIOns forests In the for ests It IS my opmlon opinion that he would have been the fiercest among the savage tribes man Stuart Stuarts tribesStuarts trIbesStuart s opinion oplmon of able ton Washington s strong and most ungovern unS8 unS8daughterWhileGeneral Washmg Washing passIons thus had hadan an mterestmg interesting expressed , aftermath Here IS the story as told by hIs daughter Jane JaneWhIle JaneWhile daughterWhileGeneral daughterWhileGeneraltalking WhIle talking talkmg General Lee withLee one day WIth my fathpr father ho . . happened hap- hap - pened pencil shad to remark etremendous etremendousWashing that WashlIlg Washing Washingbut ! ton had a aetremendous tremendous but held heldIt temper , It under trol ontrol General wonderful wonderfulcan can on breakfastedwIth Lee breakfasted wIth the PresIdent PresIdentand and Mrs Washmgton Washington a few days wards after , ' I saw your day d otherday ay said the portrait ' ' the other art general 'but but hut but Shi Shie Stu tempers arttempers says you have a temper ' tremendous tremendousWashington Upon my ray word ' Washmgton Washington Washingtonray 8 colormg coloring saId Mrs art lVIr Mr Stu takes a great deal sell self to upon hIm make : e such a remark ' But stay my dear ' lady saId General Lee he the PresIdent , added that had . - - v It At under derful derfulcontrol wonderful control ' unaer won General GeneralSomething With something somethmg like hke likeHe General smileGeneral Washington Washmgton a smIle ' , He remarkedHe is rightmarked right _ _ _ - remarked marked , |