Thomas Sully, American
“Well Well, It’s About Time You Showed Up. Please Tell Me You Found a Paperweight,” ca. 1820
Oil on canvas
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/// He’s George Washington. POTUS— the first.
(Rated high when they’re ranked best to worst.)
Quit when two terms were done,
though he’d likely have won.
George, for power and wealth didn’t thirst.
/// He’s posed solemnly, with his right hand
resting on the first law of the land.
Constitution’s unrolled,
and he’s sworn to uphold
checks and balances, just as was planned.
/// The American public embraced
George’s portrait. Its origin traced
to a painting by Stuart,
but the hunger for new art
lead to copies (which Thom Sully aced).