Miles, curator of painting and sculpture at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, to begin my education in the accuracy, and thus usefulness, of Washington portraits.

• 打一开始她便警告，我们不但必须对复制自绘画原作（家直接描绘摆姿势的华盛顿）肖像保持怀疑，连对绘画原作本身也必须有所保留。