Statue of George Washington (Second Bank of the United States)

{{Short description|1815 statue by William Rush in Philadelphia}}

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| caption = George Washington by William Rush

| artist = William Rush

| year = 1815

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| medium = Painted wood

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| museum = Second Bank of the United States Portrait Gallery

| city = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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George Washington is a life-size wooden statue by the American sculptor William Rush and located in the portrait gallery of the Second Bank of the United States in Philadelphia. It depicts George Washington in colonial dress and was initially displayed in 1815 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. It was relocated in 1824 to Independence Hall.{{cite web |last1=Finkel |first1=Ken |title=America’s Better Bet: The Wooden Washington |url=https://blog.phillyhistory.org/index.php/2017/02/americas-better-bet-the-wooden-washington/ |publisher=City of Philadelphia |date=February 21, 2017}}{{cite web|title=George Washington, (sculpture)|url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&menu=search&index=.NW&term=IAS%2075009320|work=Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum}}

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