Gilbert Stuart
(1755-1828), PainterArtist associated with 61 portraits
American-born Stuart sailed to Scotland with his mentor, portraitist Cosmo Alexander, in around 1772. He arrived in London in 1775 with little money and few prospects. He was hired by portraitist Benjamin West as a drapery painter; his own work improved and within two years was exhibiting at the Royal Academy. By 1782, Stuart was a successful portrait painter but, always careless financially, he was twice imprisoned for debt. In 1787, he moved to Dublin, where he continued both to paint and to accumulate debt. Stuart returned to the United States in 1793 living first in New York and then moving to Philadelphia where he set up a highly successful portrait studio.
by Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 7 February 1812
NPG D21461
by Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 7 February 1812
NPG D13735
by Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 7 February 1812
NPG D14601
by Henry Meyer, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1814
NPG D32041
by Henry Meyer, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1814
NPG D32042
by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 21 June 1814
NPG D15346
by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 21 June 1814
NPG D18955
by William Thomas Fry, after William Evans, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1817 (1785)
NPG D23509
by William Thomas Fry, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1817 (circa 1785)
NPG D14418
by Thomas Goff Lupton, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1819
NPG D1820
by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1 February 1819
NPG D1821
by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1 February 1819
NPG D1822
by Henry Bone, after Gilbert Stuart
pencil and ink drawing squared in ink for transfer, February 1825 (1796)
NPG D17530
after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1828
NPG D8481
after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1828
NPG D8480
Fanny Erskine (née Cadwallader), Lady Erskine
by John Cochran, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1835
NPG D2312
published by The Medici Society Ltd, after Gilbert Stuart
chromolithograph, published 1914
NPG D37880
by Georg Siegmund Facius, and by Johann Gottlieb Facius, published by John Boydell, and published by Josiah Boydell, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1802
NPG D20057
by Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1812
NPG D21462
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