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Entry in Washington's notebook May 30, 1772 By Mr Peale drawing my pict £ 18 49 Min. Mrs W 13 Ditto Miss Custis 13 " [[ditto for Min.]] Mr Custis 13 ---- 57 49 Diary of Wash 1790 Jan 23 Went with Mrs W to see the paintings of Mr. Trubull Feb Feb 10 Sat from 9 to 11 to Mr Trumbull Feb 12 Frdy Sat from 9 until 11 for Mr Trumbull for the purpose of drawing my picture Thurs 18 Feb Sat for Mr T. from 9 to 10 [[12 Vols?]] * Brown * Genesis of US. [[End Page]] [[Start Page]] 21 [[May?]] of Am Hist 1880 [[Image]] Copley subject British officer Lt Col Taylor Stuart wrote that the Lansdowne portrait was "the only original I ever made of Wash except the one I have ("Atheneum") head [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] "I painted a third but rubbed it out. Ed. says the destroyed head was the first Stuart did in 1795. Before destroying it he made some copies of it among them the Gibbs-Channing. The Atheneum head he finally sold (Editor) Rembrandt Peale p 149 says Birch came to Phil with a min. of Lord Mansfield after Reynolds & CW Peal sat to him. Birch tried to get Washington to sit but RP says Pres would only let Birch in to do him as he worked at his desk R Peale & Stuart did Washington about same time After R Ps first sitting W gave one to Stuart who had just arrived from Europe to do it RP says Birch min was copied from Stuarts first