In the original painting, which is now a part of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts collection, Washington leans on the barrel of a captured cannon while Hessian and British flags lie at his feet.
Washington is in his blue and buff uniform with commander's sash looks confidently at the viewer while in the background you can see Nassau Hall, the final scene of the battle.
From Wikipedia.
Charles Willson Peale made eight copies of the painting. It 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 highest price paid for an American portrait.
--Brock-Perry
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