Washington Portrait Sells for Record $21.3 Million
Sunday Gazette-Mail › January 23, 2006
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NEW YORK - Charles Willson Peale's full-length portrait of George Washington on the Revolutionary War battlefield fetched $21.3 million at auction Saturday, setting a world record for the sale of an American portrait, Christie's auction house said.
"George Washington at Princeton," signed and dated 1779 by the Revolutionary period's premier portrait artist, was one of eight full-length portraits of Washington painted by Peale between 1779 and 1781. It was the only one known to be in private hands.See the full content of this document
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Washington Portrait Sells for Record $21.3 Million
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