# Major-General Henry Dearborn

- By: Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)
- Date: 1812
- Medium: Oil on mahogany panel
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 71.5 × 57.1 cm (28 3/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Roxbury
- Credit line: Friends of American Art Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/69619)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/8b2a82f5-0f04-4f9d-e6e8-c4e1247aac76/full/!1776,1080/0/default.jpg
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Gilbert Stuart’s idealized portrayal of Major-General Henry Dearborn presents an aging, yet robust military leader invigorated by power and the challenge of the War of 1812. A Revolutionary War hero who served as secretary of war during Thomas Jefferson’s two presidential terms (1801–09), Dearborn continued his service as senior major-general in the 1812 campaign. This work is one of several likenesses Stuart executed of American military and political men, among them his well-known depictions of George Washington. Stuart painted directly on the panel or canvas over the course of several sittings, capturing the new country’s fervent nationalism in skillful, vigorous portraits.

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