He was described consistently as having strong facial features. A heavy brow over his blue eyes, a firmly set jaw, and a somewhat large Roman nose. According to descriptions, he always appeared elegant and dignified, sometimes appearing to be deep in thought.

Since there were no photographs in George Washington’s day, we cannot know exactly what he looked like. He had “a large and straight nose,” wrote someone who knew him in 1760. “His face is long rather than broad, with high round cheekbones. His mouth is large and generally firmly closed.”

Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate, decided to try to figure out what the first president looked like. A team of artists, anthropologists and forensic scientists used cutting-edge technology to reconstruct Washington's looks and the result was a whole new look for a familiar figure.