Portrait of George Washington

1825

64.5 cm 77 cm

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In 1793, after working in London and Dublin for 18 years, Stuart returned to America. Two years later, he painted his first portrait of George Washington, showing the right side of the president's face, a format since known as the Vaughan type. In the spring of 1796, Washingto...

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Commissioned by Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, August 12, 1825; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilmor, Baltimore, 1848. Purchased by Mrs. Sarah Madeline Vinton Dahlgren [1] (H. N. Barlow as agrent), Washington, D.C., 1872; purchased by William T. Walters (S. P. Avery as agent), Baltimore, 1885; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] wife of the American Civil War Admiral John A. Dahlgren
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