2. Balancing Public Duty with Private Life. Unlike modern First Ladies who are often in the public eye, Martha Washington preferred to keep a low profile, emphasizing her duty to family and household.

In 1779, the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an American victory over the British at the 1777 Battle of Princeton.

Like most males then and since, George Washington did his best to squirm out of having his picture done. It took all the prodding and blandishments of his wife Martha to make him agree to have ...

A PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON. Share full article. Aug. 9, 1880. ... Sixteenth-street, in whose parlor it hangs in its tarnished gilt frame. The picture, which is attributed to the younger Peale, ...

A magnificent portrait of the George Washington that usually hangs in the U.S. embassy in Paris has headed to Versailles for some much-needed TLC. This involves the painstaking removal of some ...

Martha said when George was first elected President, she wondered what they would call her. She suggested ‘Lady Washington.’ She became the first ‘First Lady’ and said it was an ...

LEXINGTON, Va. – Washington and Lee University announced they will be lending their portrait of George Washington to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture for an upcoming exhibition.