# George Washington

**Charles Peale Polk** (1767–1822)  
ca. 1790  
Oil on canvas  
21 3/4 x 17 7/8 in. (55.2 x 45.4 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 24.109.81. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11778).

## About this work

Charles Peale Polk painted this in about 1790, aged about 20. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Charles Peale Polk](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/charles-peale-polk)

1767–1822

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: American
- The artist was about 20
- Real size: about 22 × 18 in (55 × 45 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 12 × 16 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 18th century
- Movement: [Romanticism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/romanticism)
- Subjects: George Washington, Men, Portraits
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/851.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/851/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/george-washington-met-11778).