William D. Washington

William Dickinson Washington was an American painter and teacher of art. He is most famous for his painting The Burial of Latané, which became a symbol of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy in the years following the American Civil War, and for the work he did in establishing the fine arts program of the Virginia Military Institute.

Most of Washington's surviving paintings are held at the Virginia Military Institute, but a few have made their way into various museum collections, including those of the Morris Museum of Art and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; in addition, a portrait of John Marshall, which he painted for the Fauquier County Courthouse in Warrenton, Virginia, is still hanging there today. Prints of The Burial of Latané were also popular, and some may still be found in various collections. Jackson Entering the City of Winchester, Virginia is currently owned by the Valentine Museum in Richmond.

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