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Painting titled: "Washington as Statesman at the Constitutional Convention" oil on canvas by Junius Brutus Stearns, 1856; in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. (Note from museum) The painting represents George Washington's role as president of the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The normally reserved Washington urges passage of a new federal constitution, a draft of which he holds in his hands.
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Flourished c.1426 - c.1475
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese navigator
Duarte Pacheco Pereira
Portuguese explorer
Antonio Ramalho Eanes
president of Portugal
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Portuguese explorer
Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator
prince of Portugal
John II of Portugal
John II
king of Portugal
Manuel I
king of Portugal
Afonso de Albuquerque
Afonso de Albuquerque
Portuguese conqueror
Pombal, Sebastião de Carvalho, marquês de
Marquis de Pombal
Portuguese ruler
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese explorer
John I and John of Gaunt
John I
king of Portugal
Pedro Álvares Cabral
Portuguese explorer
Pêro da Covilhã
Portuguese explorer
Guterres, António
António Guterres
Portuguese statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations
John VI.
John VI
king of Portugal
António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar
prime minister of Portugal
Pedro I
Pedro I
emperor of Brazil
Cavaco Silva, Aníbal
Aníbal Cavaco Silva
president of Portugal
St. Nuno Álvares Pereira
St. Nuno Álvares Pereira
Portuguese military leader
Michael
king of Portugal

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