Stuart’s story requires a longer journey, back to April 11, 1796, when he received a letter from President George Washington. He was the pre-eminent U.S. portrait artist of his day.

John Neal, an early-nineteenth-century writer and art critic, wrote, “Though a better likeness of him were shown to us, we should reject it; for, the only idea that we now have of George Washington, ...

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 ...

View GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS HORSE BLUESKIN by Gilbert Stuart on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Gilbert Stuart. Price Database. 03 July 2025. Artworks. Artists. Auctions. Galleries ...

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 ...

Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, (1795). Courtesy Christie's. A rare portrait of george washington has been sold by New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for $2.8 million, auctioned alongside ...

Painting of President George Washington stolen during burglary recovered 02:33. A historic painting of George Washington is back in proper hands more than a year after an art theft in Englewood.

The story of First Lady Dolley Madison heroically saving a portrait of George Washington as she was being exiled from the White House during the War of 1812 has been circulated for centuries. The ...