Not quite what Gilbert Stewart was going for

so we're doing the kids' activity at the National Portrait Gallery yesterday. Simon has this booklet and he's answering questions about the full-length portrait of George Washington. The questions are like "what is he wearing" and "do you think he's an important person based on this portrait? how can you tell," etc.

On one page there's a list of words, the kids are asked to circle which ones they think apply to George Washington, based on the portrait. The words are like: happy, proud, successful, etc. There's about 25 words.

Simon walks up to the portrait, cocks his head, considers his answer. He comes back to the bench and circles the words he thinks best describe George Washington in this, a most majestic and impressive portrait of the Father of our Country:

OLD and TIRED.