# George Washington, in Romanticism

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

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1790
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 21 3/4 x 17 7/8 in. (55.2 x 45.4 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 24.109.81
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Charles Peale Polk](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/charles-peale-polk), 1767–1822

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