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Oil on panel; 88.58 x 136.21 cm (34 7/8 x 53 5/8 in). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
This scene was painted on a fireboard, a screen put in front of the fireplace during the summer months.
Oil on panel; 88.58 x 136.21 cm (34 7/8 x 53 5/8 in). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
This scene was painted on a fireboard, a screen put in front of the fireplace during the summer months.
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.