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George Washington
Gilbert Stuartca. 1800
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
This miniature is a reduced copy of a full-sized oil painting by Gilbert Stuart of George Washington: the so called "Athenaeum type," after the best known example in the Boston Athenaeum. The high-lights are enhanced by strips of silver foil applied at the back of the ivory. After Washington's death in 1799 miniatures of him were very popular among Americans who wore and displayed them as a sign of respect, patriotism and mourning well into the 19th century.
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Details
- Title: George Washington
- Creator: After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828)
- Date Created: ca. 1800
- Subject Keywords: George Washington; presidents; portraits; statesmen
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Painter: After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828)
- Provenance: Tolentino Galleries [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, May 4, 1919 [no. 396]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1919, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: miniatures (paintings); portraits
- Medium: watercolor on ivory
- Dimensions: H: 2 7/8 x W: 1 7/8 in. (7.3 x 4.7 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1919
- Classification: Miniatures
- Accession Number: 38.44
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