Photograph of George Washington as a Churchman. A 1947 statue by Lee Lawrie presented to Washington Cathedral.

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George Washington as a Churchman

A 1947 statue by Lee Lawrie presented to Washington Cathedral.

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George Washington as a Churchman

Washington Cathedral · February 1947

Statue of George Washington as a Churchman, presented to Washington Cathedral in February 1947. Lee Lawrie, sculptor.

Washington Cathedral · 1947

George Washington as a Churchman

Photograph of Statue of George Washington as a Churchman, presented to Washington Cathedral, February 1947, “I have tried to show not the soldier, nor the President, but the man, Washington, coming into church and pausing a moment before going down the aisle to his pew.” — Lee Lawrie, from Lee Lawrie’s Washington Cathedral · 1947 collection. — Statue of George Washington as a Churchman, presented to Washington Cathedral, February 1947
“I have tried to show not the soldier, nor the President, but the man, Washington, coming into church and pausing a moment before going down the aisle to his pew.” — Lee Lawrie