Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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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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