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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