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Washington at Princeton
Washington at Princeton is a 1779 painting by Charles Willson Peale, showing George Washington after the Battle of Princeton.
The original was commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania for its council chamber in Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Peale made eight copies of the painting. The original, now owned by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, was completed in early 1779, when Washington sat for Peale in Philadelphia.
In January 2005, the painting sold for $21.3 million - setting a record for
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