A new exhibit in Washington, D.C., features portraits by Gilbert Stuart, best known for creating the painting of George Washington from which the image on the dollar is taken. Historian Gordon ...

Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828 Sitter George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799 Exhibition Label Gilbert Stuart first painted George Washington in 1795 (in a work now known only from ...

George Washington (1731-1799), in an engraving by W. Humphreys from 1837 — based on a Gilbert Stuart portrait. First president from 1789 to 1797 and commander of the Continental Army in the ...

Although Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) was a patriot, his family were loyalists who fled to Nova Scotia at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Surprisingly, Stuart headed to England around the ...

The Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington is one of the earliest symbols of our nation, a classroom staple, the face on our dollar bill, which is certainly fitting. If you thought Stuart ...

George Washington is about to get a long-awaited facelift. Gilbert Stuart’s full-length portrait of the nation’s first commander in chief will be taken off view at the end of the month so that ...

There's the George Washington made famous in the Gilbert Stuart portrait found in many elementary schools and, in engraved fashion, on the dollar bill: a severe man, whose severity is accentuated ...

George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799 Addressee Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828 Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Date April 11, 1796 Object number ...

Born in Rhode Island, Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) studied painting in England and Ireland before returning to America in 1793 in hopes of getting President George Washington to sit for a portrait.

George Washington, painted by Gilbert Stuart Wikipedia ... Gilbert Stuart portrait (1803-1805) on the left; Model result on the right Ehinger, Perception, K. A. & Altschuler, E. L.

The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart’s Brush with George Washington Sarah Albee, illus. by Stacy Innerst. Calkins Creek, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-6626-8000-7 ...