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Martha Washington (1731-1802)
Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860)
Oil on canvas, 1853
New-York Historical Society
Bequest of Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes
Martha Washington graciously supported her famous husband in public life, though she did tell Elizabeth Hamilton that, as First Lady, she was "chief state prisoner."
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