File:Washington 1772.jpg
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Summary
The earliest authenticated portrait of George Washington shows him wearing his colonel's uniform of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Regiment" class="extiw" title="w:Virginia Regiment">Virginia Regiment</a> from the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>. The portrait was painted about 12 years after Washington's service in that war, and several years before he would reenter military service in the American Revolution. Oil on canvas.
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current | 20:55, 2 January 2017 | ![]() | 2,418 × 3,000 (1.41 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <div class="description"> The earliest authenticated portrait of George Washington shows him wearing his colonel's uniform of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Regiment" class="extiw" title="w:Virginia Regiment">Virginia Regiment</a> from the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>. The portrait was painted about 12 years after Washington's service in that war, and several years before he would reenter military service in the American Revolution. Oil on canvas.</div> |
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