Since 2004 the record price for this artist at auction is 21,296,000 USD for George Washington at Princeton, sold at Christie's New York in 2006. Where can I see Charles Willson Peale's works?

George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan. George Washington strikes a confident pose after the victorious Battle of Princeton in this ...

A statue of the first U.S. president stands prominently in London’s Trafalgar Square, but some Britons find it strange to ...

In Philadelphia, John Middleton is known as the baseball guy with some very baseball ambitions. The managing partner of the Phillies has boldly declared his intention to make the team one of the ...

Once one of the most difficult colors to recreate in paint, blue was only available to medieval artists, for example, by grinding up the prized stone known as lapis lazuli. By the 1900s, it was still ...

The first such example highlighted in the film is that two key founders of America, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both died the same day — exactly 50 years after July 4, 1776. Adams’ last words ...

Morven, 55 Stockton Street, will hold its annual Independence Day festivities on Friday, July 4, from 12 to 3 p.m. For this ...

I first interviewed Toni Morrison about her work as a book editor in September 2005, in her office at Princeton. Though our meeting was scheduled for late afternoon, I took an early train from ...

If you ever wondered where those hidden stories are that you never learn in school, then OnThisVerySpot.com is your new best ...

Diasporas are made of vast constellations of countless people, fused together through memory, meaning – and music ...