George Washington as a colonel in the Virginia Regiment, by Charles Willson Peale, 1772.

The commander of French forces, after 1756, in the French and Indian War.

Benjamin West's portrait of the hero of Quebec. Painted in 1770, this work broke with the conventions of historical painting in its use of a contemporary subject and contemporary costume.

Benjamin West's, Agrippina with the Ashes of Germanicus at Brundisium, painted in 1768, reflects the more conventional approach to historical painting in its use of classical, rather than contemporary subject matter.

The Death of Lord Nelson, by Benjamin West, 1806.

West painted this self portrait in 1770.

The Charity of General Amherst romantically depicts the British general feeding the frightened French Canadians of Montreal. This is the same general who authorized the distribution of smallpox-contaminated blankets to rebelling North American Indians in 1763. By Francis Hayman, 1761.