Subject Greenough, Horatio 1805-1852 Washington, George 1732-1799 Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Notes PSD No. P6450C Summary Interior view, marble sculpture of George Washington by Horatio ...

Washington’s statue finally finds a home, July 31, 1841 Horatio Greenough designed the massive sculpture to mark the centennial of Washington's birth on Feb. 22, 1732. | AP Photo ...

Washington statue arrives on July 31, 1841 Horatio Greenough's statue of George Washington sits in the National Museum of American History in Washington.

William diGiacomantonio talked about how artists have depicted George Washington, including famous portraits by John Trumbull, Gilbert Stuart, and Horatio Greenough.

Horatio Greenough’s “Vagabond Statue” of the president, modelled after Phidias’s sculpture of Zeus at Olympia, proved to be a bit too chiselled for the tastes of the time.

While George’s form is buff, he’s also a tad too close, for some, to being in the buff. Nipples, navel, they’re all there. As the information accompanying the 12 tons of marble currently describes it, ...

Object Details Creator Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division Subject Greenough, Horatio 1805-1852 Washington, George 1732-1799 Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Notes PSD No.