Gilbert Stuart

Gilbert Stuart the creater of the lansdowne portrait of George Washington was born on December 3, 1755 in Rhode island  and died on July 9, 1828. He was  said to be one of America's greatest portraitists. In Gilbert's portrailist career he painted thousands of different people. Although Gilberts Painting of George washington was an amazing portrait he had made 130 copies and sold each for only 100$. Not like today this Portrait cost over 30,000,000. Thats the big difference!

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- “He is surrounded with allegorical emblems of his public life in the service of his country, which are highly illustrative of the great and tremendous storms which have frequently prevailed. These storms have abated, and the appearance of the rainbow is introduced in the background as a sign.” —Advertisement for the first exhibition of the Lansdowne portrait in 1798

-  Stuart put the iteams in the backround of george washingtons portrait so that certain ideas would be convade.

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George Washington's portrait

Gilbert Stuart 

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This well painted 8-foot-by-5-foot full body "iconic oil-on-canvas portrait"of George Washington was drawn by Gilbert Stuart in 1796. Gilbert Stuart was one of the most popular portraitist in the United States between the years of 1755 and 1828.This painting was given as a gift to  Marquis of Lansdowne. That is the reason the portrait was named the Lansdowne portrait. This  portrait is of  George Washington in in all black with a black suit, pants, and shoes. His hand is put out as if he was presenting something and the other dangles down holding a sword. But this sword is not a sword for battle. This resembles America's democracy.

Later "In 2001, The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation committed $30 million to buy the painting and created a permanent home for it at the National Portrait Gallery where it had previously been on anonymous loan." Even today the portrait can be found there.