George Washington

Sitterback to top

• George Washington (1732-1799), First President of the USA. Sitter in 20 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), Painter. Artist associated with 60 portraits.

This portraitback to top

This painting was produced posthumously as a replica of an original work by Gilbert Stuart, an artist who painted George Washington many times. Washington is shown as a cultivated, well read, gentleman and statesman, embodying the new ideas of freedom and political independence circulating in America and France at that time.

Linked publicationsback to top

• Holmes, Richard; Crane, David; Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, 2002, p. 101
• Ingamells, John, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, 2004, p. 471
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 644

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Chairs
• On display at the Gallery