Washington's Ragged Army at Valley Forge (1777-78)
-- a pencil sketch

Gen. Charles O'Hara surrendering the British Army at Yorktown
to Gen. Benjamin Lincoln. Gen. Cornwallis was too ashamed to
surrender in person and Gen. Washington declined to accept
the surrender from an inferior officer. (October 19, 1781).
-- a pencil sketch

President George Washington on a ceremonial barge
on his way to NY City to be inaugurated in 1788
-- a pencil sketch

The Marquis de Lafayette upon his triumphal return to the U.S. in 1824
-- by Kevin P. Lewellen after the original by Thomas Scully
(at the Second U.S. National Bank, Philadelphia PA)

General Harry Lighthorse Lee
-- by Gregory Stapko, after Gilbert Stuart.

James Armistead Lafayette
-- by T. P. Curtis after the original by John B. Martin
(at the Valentine Museum, Richmond VA)

letter certifying JAL's efforts as a spy against the British

Right Stairs Up to the Library


George Mason, author of Virginia's Declaration of Rights
(May, 1776), which was a major inspiration for Thomas Jefferson
as he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
-- by Gregory Stapko, after John Hesleus.

President James Madison
-- by Gregory Stapko, after Gilbert Stuart.

Thomas Jefferson, 1822
-- by Kevin P. Lewellen after the original by Thomas Scully
(at West Point Military Academy)