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Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland

Frederick Kemmelmeyer

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Painting of a man on a white horse, wearing a blue military uniform with gold trim, a black hat, and red pants. He is on a dirt path that runs horizontally across the center of the image. Behind him are two men on brown horses wearing the same uniform. To the left of the men on horses is another man on a light brown horse wearing a blue and white uniform and a black hat. In the background, there are several lines of soldiers standing at attention wearing blue and yellow uniforms. The soldiers are standing in a field with mountains in the distance. The sky is blue with clouds. A bare tree is on the right side. A stream runs across the bottom. Two men stand on the left, one pointing. The scene appears to be a military inspection or review.

Artwork details

Date:
after 1795
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 382 px
Museum record:
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