
Charles Wilson Peale's 1772 portrait of Washington as a young colonel with the Virginia militia

A reconstruction by forensic anthropologists of what Martha probably looked like in her 20s, based on later portraits

Martha Washington's famous, stylish, and oh-so-pricey wedding slippers

Emanuel Leutze's iconic 1851 depiction of Washington crossing the ice-choked Delaware

Renowned French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon's 1785 life bust of Washington, widely considered the most accurate likeness

John Trumbull's 1817 depiction of Washington resigning his commission at the end of the Revolutionary War

One of Gilbert Stuart's many portraits of Washington as president, from 1795

Charles Wilson Peale's last portrait of the president from life, from 1795

Gilbert Stuart's monumental, symbol-rich 1796 portrait

Rembrandt Peale's 1853 portrayal of a heroic Washington, "father of his country"

Rembrandt Peale's companion portrait of Martha Washington

Washington's Mount Vernon estate