Wood has copied a famous portrait of George Washington as president for the boy's head in the middle ground. His father stands beside him holding the thin trunk of a cherry tree that has been chopped. Little Washington is holding an ax in his hand, confessing having chopped the cherry tree. A man in the foreground is pulling back a red curtain, as if putting the scene on display for the viewer. (Elementary School (K-5); Middle School (6-8); High School (9-12); College/Adult)
TRC audience:
High School (9-12)
College/Adult
Middle School (6-8)
Elementary (K-5)
TRC subject:
Art of the West
Language Arts
Picturing America Resource
Storytime
20th Century (1900-1945)
18th Century and Earlier
TRC format:
Poster