This campaign season we’ve thought about how past presidents were portrayed. After the dea

This campaign season we’ve thought about how past presidents were portrayed. After the death of George Washington, he was frequently portrayed over the next 50 years as a godlike hero, as in this popular lithograph after a painting by Rembrandt Peale, published in 1827. Peale’s painting has hung in the Old Senate Chamber since 1832. More info here: http://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/portraits/patriaepater.html