Gilbert Stuart
Author: Carrie Rebora Barratt
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1588391221
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Author: Carrie Rebora Barratt
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1588391221
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 654
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 540
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard B. K. McLanathan
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe life and works of the father of American portraiture.
Author: Monticello West
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2014-06-12
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1312273275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOur founding fathers (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson et al) were always one step ahead of history and having an artist of such immense talents as Gilbert Stuart to paint their portraits has made the images of our founding fathers indelible in the minds of the modern reader. As a TJ enthusiast I often wonder how amazing it must of been to have "sat" for Gilbert Stuart a known storyteller and have your portrait painted. Mr. Jefferson was a favorite portrait sitter and this book is a lovely trip down memory lane (circa 18th century) to read about the fascinating story behind the portraits and the artist.
Author: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Published: 1944
Total Pages: 4
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dorinda Evans
Publisher: Princeton Univ Department of Art &
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780691059457
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArguably the most gifted American portraitist of the late-18th and early 19th centuries, Gilbert Stuart is perhaps best known for his "Athenaeum" portrait of George Washington. This book explores Stuart's life and times, and presents his famous paintings as well as many never before published. 16 color plates. 103 halftones.
Author: Ellen Gross Miles
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780813918860
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRESPONDING TO a near-constant flow of requests, George and Martha Washington sat for about two dozen portraits from 1789 to 1797, collected here in this elegantly illustrated volume. From miniatures executed on ivory for family and friends to a historical portrait that depicts Washington during the Revolution, the../images vary widely in treatment and setting. What they all reflect, Ellen Miles suggests, is the great need the new republic had for portraits of its first chief executive, often to stand in for Washington himself. In the portraits, Martha Washington is usually dressed plainly, her round face composed in a benign but cheerful expression. Portraits of George Washington often show him in military uniform, the pin of the Society of the Cincinnati on his lapel; others have him in black velvet, wearing a simple ruffled white shirt, his hair tied back in a queue. Most observers agreed that Martha was short and pleasant-looking, and that George was nearly six feet tall, had a long nose, large and penetrating light eyes, and a noble forehead. The state of his teeth affects his appearance in some portraits. Washington responded to having his likeness taken with a characteristic mixture of pride in his position and mild irritation. Once, a painter in Boston hid behind a church pulpit to sketch him. Washington's mild chafing at requests for him to sit illustrates the conflict he felt between his obligation to the nation and his desire to return to private life. As Edmund Morgan writes in his preface, Washington "succeeded in clothing the new government with his own honor and left the presidency with a heritage of independence and respect which, despite the antics of so many of his successors, has never quite left it." George and Martha Washington: Portraits from the Presidential Years offers, quite literally, a unique portrait of the original First Couple.
Author: John Hill Morgan
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Published: 1969-10-21
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Thomas WHITLEY (Author of "Thomas Gainsborough.".)
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Published: 1932
Total Pages: 240
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