George Munger

George Munger (1781–1825) was an early 19th-century American painter and engraver best known for watercolors of the White House and the U.S. Capitol after their burning by British troops in the War of 1812.

Biography The President's House, watercolor by George Munger, 1814-1815. Watercolor by George Munger showing the ruins of the U.S. Capitol, 1814.

George Munger was born Feb. 17, 1781, in Guilford, Connecticut, the son of Josiah Munger, a farmer. He became an engraver and painter; he was also a teacher at times.