State Dining Room | The work demonstrates Stuart’s extraordinary ability to capture an individual’s likeness, which was based on a gift for assessing each sitter’s personality through conversation and on his close observation. Blue Room | Portrait of George Washington Dolley Madison had refused to abandon the portrait as she fled from the British in 1814; she wrote to her sister on the day of the fire: "Our kind friend, Mr. Carroll, has come to hasten my departure, and is in a very bad humor with me because I insist on waiting until the large picture of Gen. Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall. Green Room | 4th St and Constitution Ave NW [4] Coolidge 1930, 353; his father Thomas Jefferson Coolidge II died in 1912. Read our full Open Access policy for images. overall: 67 x 55 cm (26 3/8 x 21 5/8 in. The returned to the White House when the rebuilding was completed. Explore {{searchView.params.phrase}} by color family [1] On Gibbs see George Gibbs, The Gibbs Family of Rhode Island and Some Related Families, New York, 1933, 18-21, Dictionary of American Biography, 20 vols., New York, 1928-1936, reprinted in 10 vols. First and Always is original, perceptive, persuasive, innovative in terms of its method, and highly appealing in terms of its execution. Browse 144,983 george washington stock photos and images available, or search for george washington portrait or abraham lincoln to find more great stock photos and pictures. Over the course of his career, Gilbert Stuart painted at least 100 portraits of George Washington, most of them also copies of the 1796 painting. This painting is a copy of one of Gilbert Stuart's best-known portraits of George Washington, which was finished in 1800 and formerly owned by the New York Public Library. Help Site Map Text Only. On Coolidge see Dictionary of American Biography, 2 (part 2):395, and Emma Downing Coolidge, Descendants of John and Mary Coolidge of Watertown, Massachusetts, Boston, 1930, 351. Centuries later, Stuart’s portrayal of Washington remains the best-known image of the United States’ first president—as writer and critic John Neal wrote in 1823, “So, Stuart painted him; and though a better likeness of him were shown to us, we should reject it; for, the only idea that we now have of George Washington, is associated with Stuart’s Washington.”, More information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, pages 265-266, 268-270, and 273, which is available as a free PDF at https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-18th-century.pdf. American, 1755 - 1828. This process Library | [3] Lazarus acted as the Gibbs' agent in the sale. © 2020 National Gallery of Art Notices Terms of Use Privacy Policy. Free, timed passes are required for West Building entry.