We all
know our school’s namesake was a fashionable guy but to keep our leader
standing tall in University Yard, we have got to stop dressing him up! The
bronze sculpture in U-Yard comes from an original marble statue by Jean-Antoine
Houdon in the 18th century that can be found in the Virginia State
Capitol in Richmond.
This is the only full-length portrait of our first president to be created
while he was alive, and is suggested to be George’s truest likeness.
Our
George has been with us for over 50 years, and while he looks great in most
t-shirts, hats, and sunglasses, we ask that he remains in his traditional
Revolutionary War uniform. Excess clothing on George removes the patina from
the bronze sculpture. Patina, meaning “shallow dish” in Latin, is a tarnish
that forms on the surface of bronze and other metals that protects the metal
against corrosion. If the patina is disrupted overtime, it can flake off
altogether! That means if George is continually sporting your Colonials gear,
there may no longer be a George. So save your Buff and Blue to show off your
own spirit, and keep George in the buff!
-R. Milkovich
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