George Washington and William Lee (George Washington)

John Trumbull

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts two men standing on a rocky outcrop. The man on the left is wearing a black military-style jacket with gold epaulets and braid on the sleeves. He has white pants, a white shirt, and a white cravat. His hair is dark and styled back. He holds a rolled-up paper in his right hand and a black hat in his left. A sword is at his side. The man on the right wears a red turban, a dark coat with a red collar, and dark pants. He holds an object in his right hand. The background shows a body of water, a distant shoreline, and a cloudy sky with shades of yellow, gray, and blue.