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| Keywords: Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of George Washington - Walters 37171.jpg 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 Washington again sat for Stuart and the resulting portrait which was never finished was originally acquired by the Boston Athenaeum Depicting the left side of the face this second version was replicated many times becoming an icon of American art The Baltimore art collector Robert Gilmor Jr for a fee of 150 commissioned the artist to paint this example of the Athaeneum format It was Stuart's last likeness of Washington 1825 Oil on canvas cm 77 64 5 ; Framed H with build-up 40 9/16 x W 34 15/16 x D 5 3/8 in 103 03 x 88 74 x 13 65 cm accession number 37 171 22773 Robert Gilmor Jr Baltimore August 12 1825 by commission Mr and Mrs Charles Gilmor Baltimore 1848-1869 Mrs Madeline Vinton Dahlgren wife of the Admiral Washington D C until 1872 by purchase H N Barlow as agent Mrs Sarah Dahlgren Washington D C until 1885 mode of acquisition unknown William T Walters city Baltimore S P Avery as agent Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1885 Number On back of canvas - 202 r7 70 Old and New England Rhode Island School of Design Providence 1945 Man and His Years Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1954 The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 Gilbert Stuart National Gallery of Art Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2004-2005 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Jack S Blanton Museum of Art Austin 2010-2011 place of origin Boston Massachusetts USA Walters Art Museum license 2D George Washington portraits by Gilbert Stuart American paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1825 oil on canvas paintings in the United States 19th-century oil portraits of men at bust length 1825 portrait paintings Males with sideburns in art | ||||
