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 Charles Howard Hodges, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1792
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by Charles Howard Hodges, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1792
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William Robert Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster
by Charles Howard Hodges, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1792
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by Charles Howard Hodges, published by George Cowen, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 15 November 1792
NPG D15842
Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon
by William Ward, after Thomas Gainsborough, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1795
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by John Murphy, published by and after John George Wood, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1795
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after Gilbert Stuart
lithograph, after 1796
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after Gilbert Stuart
engraving, after 1796
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published by James Heath, after Gilbert Stuart
engraving, published 12 October 1797
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by William Ridley, published by Thomas Bellamy, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1 March 1797
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by Orme Jr, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1797
NPG D16694
John Philip Kemble as Richard III
by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after Gilbert Stuart
line engraving, published 10 May 1798
NPG D3465
by Henry Bone, after Gilbert Stuart
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1800 (circa 1796)
NPG D17269
by Henry Bone, after Gilbert Stuart
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1800 (1796)
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by Georg Siegmund Facius, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1802
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Robert Clements, 1st Earl of Leitrim
by Henry Bone, probably after Gilbert Stuart
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1804 (circa 1790)
NPG D17583
Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland
by Charles Turner, published by G. Andrews, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 18 November 1804
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by William Whiston Barney, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1806
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by Henry Bone, after Gilbert Stuart
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, February 1809
NPG D17634
by Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after William Evans, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 27 July 1810
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