A fact from George Washington (Canova) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 February 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the North Carolina State House and Canova's George Washington(engraving shown) were both destroyed by an "awful conflagration" that began while the building was being fireproofed?
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