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Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

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Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist’s original intent Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent Washington ... repainting of the founding father’s face,” writes ...