Agreeing to be on their best behavior when President Washington comes to have his portrait painted by their father, Charlotte, James, and John eagerly follow the advice in the president's gift book of manners.
Agreeing to be on their best behavior when President Washington comes to have his portrait painted by their father, Gilbert Stuart, young Charlotte, James and John eagerly follow the advice in the president's gift book of manners, with hilarious results.
In April, 1796, young Charlotte Stuart writes a series of letters to George Washington, whose portrait is being painted by her father, reporting on her efforts and those of her brothers to follow the rules of good behavior in the book Mr. Washington gavethem. Includes historical notes.
