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Show Wathlrgton at Forty-four. The authenticity of n portrait of Washington nt forty-four by John I Trumbull, painted on n mahogany panel eight by ten Inches In slxc, has recontlv boon established under pe-pullnr pe-pullnr 'and Interesting circumstances, writes Wllllnni II. Sholton curator of the Jiimcl inii'ouni. In the Inlerhnlloie nl Sluilln. Thl picture hns liking In the nin'ouni of lumol mnnslnn (for sir years In the collection of William Lanier Washington. J The bond Is Interesting s showing Trumbull's re. olloctloti of Washington ! nt forty-four nnd his recollection was sr,.iiio! by pott drawings made while on his stnlT In 177.. Conernl Washington Washing-ton was forty-lbioo jenrs of age when ho took command of the army t Hos-tun. |