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	Works by John Singleton Copley American Painter, 1738—1815 » view »
	Works by Charles Willson Peale American Painter, 1741—1827 » view »
	Works by Rembrandt Peale American Painter, 1778—1860 » view »
	Works by Gilbert Stuart American Painter, 1755—1828 » view »
	Works by John Trumbull American Painter, 1756—1843 » view »
	Other American Artists Mather Brown • Ralph Earl • James Peale • Charles Peale Polk • William Rush • Edward Savage • Thomas Sully • John Vanderlyn • Benjamin West • Other American Works » view »

In a land where horsemanship was often men’s touchiest point of pride, Jefferson had to admit he never saw Washington’s like for grace and control in the saddle. A froniter runner and Indian wrestler — his friend George Mercer described his frame as padded with well-developed muscles — Washington had by 1774 refined mere energy down to a grace of least movement, the higher athleticism of the dance. And he danced well.

— Garry Wills

Inventing America: Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence (1978)