The famous portrait returned to display at Mount Vernon on Thursday for the first time since 1802. “We always mourn [Mount Vernon pieces] that got away,” said Susan P. Schoelwer, Mount Vernon’s executive director for historic preservation and collections. “It’s absolutely thrilling to be able to experience the young George Washington instead of the battle-worn Washington,” she said. “It’s the only likeness that we have of him depicting his appearance prior to the Revolutionary War.”Dermot Rooney and David Schlaegel place of the portrait of George Washington at Mount Vernon. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post)The painting is on loan from Washington and Lee University.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2018 23:56 UTC