George Washington Symbolism

Whitney,

Good job on your project. I found your analysis to be quite deep and intriguing and love how you connected everything in the painting to showcase Washington's leadership qualities as well as his perseverance. I especially loved how you contrasted the right side and left side of the army.During that year, Washington was facing an array of criticism for his lack of leadership and inability to move the war forward. For me, I believe that the right side symbolizes the group of people that believed and had trust in Washington's abilities and did not wanted him to be replaced. The left side was a symbolic representation of those people who were critical of Washington's abilities and wanted him to be replaced. Despite this, Washington strong demeanor shows his perseverance and his passion to move forward despite the amount of criticism he was getting.
Often time, horses are used to showcase nobility and strength, all of which are traits that George Washington exhibits. One thing that is interesting about the horse is the color of it. Usually horse are brown, but Washington's horse is white. By making the horse white, it symbolize Washington's ability to balance wisdom and power. It also showcase and paints Washington as a hero too. By doing so, it ultimately makes a comments that Washington is the hero that will lead America to