Artist: Gilbert Stuart, Sitter: George Washington, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait)

Gilbert Stuart (3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828)

1796

Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
247.6 × 158.7 cm (97 1/2 × 62 1/2")
Culture
Franklin
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery
Credit line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired as a gift to the nation through the generosity of the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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About this work

First president, 1789–1797