The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking A Presidential Icon by Carla Killough McClafferty.  CarolRhoda Books, 2011. This list of resources/ideas were first shared in Library Sparks, March 2012.  These links will provide additional information about the author and the book.

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Author's website—Carla McClafferty

These artists created portraits of George Washington — discover when and under what circumstances the portrait was created.

• Charles Willson Peale — The Metropolitan Museum of Art — George Washington
  
  
• Rembrandt Peale — U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > George Washington (Patriae Pater)
  
  
• Gilbert Stuart — National Gallery of Art - Gilbert Stuart: Philadelphia
  
  
• Archibald Robertson —  George Washington's Background and Experience [ushistory.org]
  
  
• John Ramage — George and Martha Washinton: Portraits from the Presidential Years: James Ramage
  
  
• Christian Guullager — [worchesterart.org]  -- Early American Paintings
  
  
• William Joseph Williams — George and Martha Washington: Portraits from the Presidential Years: William Joseph Williams
  
  
• Jean-Antoine Houdon -- Rediscovering an American Icon: Houdon's Washington: The Colonial Williamsburg Official History Site.  Discusses and shows Houdon's marble statue and explains why the prior castings and replication damaged the statue and made it necessary for the Mount Vernon project to use laser technology to measure the statue for data to created the Mount Vernon life sized figures.
  

A site that features 12 portraits (and artists) of President George Washington