Other American Artists

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	Works by Mather Brown American-born painter, active in England, 1761—1831 » view »
	Works by Ralph Earl American painter, 1751—1801 » view »
	Works by Other Peales James Peale • Charles Peale Polk » view »
	Works by William Rush American sculptor, 1756—1833 » view »
	Works by Edward Savage American painter and engraver, 1761—1817 » view »
	Works by Thomas Sully American Painter, 1783—1872 » view »
	Works by John Vanderlyn American Painter, 1775—1852 » view »
	Works by Benjamin West Anglo-American Painter, 1738—1820 » view »
	Other American Works Robert Feke, Benjamin Blythe, Samuel F.B. Morse, and others » 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)