Reading Portrait Portrait of Maskell Ewing Charles Willson

Reading Portrait

Portrait of Maskell Ewing, Charles Willson Peale, 1787, Biggs Museum of American Art

1776 Signing of the Declaration of Independence Treaty of Paris officially ends the Revolutionary War 1783 U. S. Constitution is ratified 1787 178 7 George Washington inaugurated as first President of the United States 1789 Charles Willson Peale paints the portrait of Maskell Ewing

Portrait of Maskell Ewing, Charles Willson Peale, 1787, Biggs Museum of American Art

Portrait of Maskell Ewing, Charles Willson Peale, 1787, Biggs Museum of American Art

George Washington, Gilbert Stuart, 1796, Brooklyn Museum of Art

George Washington inaugurated as first President of the United States 178 9 179 0 Washington D. C. is officially made the Nation’s Capital George Washington begins his 2 nd term as President 179 3 John Adams is elected the second President of the United States 179 6 Gilbert Stuart paints one of his most famous portraits of George Washington

George Washington, unknown artist, 1845 -60

George Washington, unknown artist, 1845 -60 Statue of Caesar Augustus (63 BC-14 AD) from Velletri – Roman, Musee du Louvre

The beginning of the Great Migration, during which thousands of Americans moved west 1843 The California Gold Rush begins 1848 1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States 1861 Fort Sumter is attacked, beginning the Civil War Statue of George Washington was created within this date range