Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Washington” in entry vanderlyn-john of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
... to the United States he painted portraits of distinguished citizens, and introduced the panoramic method of exhibiting pictures.
In 1832 he received a commission to paint a full-length portrait of Washington for the House of Representatives; and in 1839 he painted for one of the panels of the rotunda of the Capitol .
He died in Kingston, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1852.
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