William D. Washington Paintings
Online Exhibit
William Dickinson Washington, a gifted American painter best known for the Civil War painting "The Burial of Latane," came to the Â鶹ŮÑÝÔ± Institute in 1869 to serve as the school's first Professor of Fine Arts. During his brief tenure - he died in December 1870 at the age of 37- Washington produced more than twenty portraits and landscapes which are now part of VMI's art collection.
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