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Name: The joke's on George
Author: Michael O. Tunnell

📘 The joke's on George by Michael O. Tunnell

The book offers a concise survey of Charles Willson Peale’s career as an early American portrait painter. It centers on a humorous episode during George Washington’s visit to Peale’s natural history museum, when Washington was deceived by a realistic painting of Peale’s sons climbing a staircase.

First publish date: 1993

Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books

Authors: Michael O. Tunnell

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