When flames threaten to erase everything, instinct takes over and people reach for what matters most. As British troops advanced on Washington during the War of 1812, that instinct guided First Lady ...

Gilbert Stuart painted the famous Lansdowne portrait of George Washington. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Photos via Wikimedia Commons and Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Gilbert Stuart ...

George Washington’s image is reproduced millions of times each year on the $1 bill. Now, a portrait by artist Gilbert Stuart that inspired the engraving is heading to auction at Christie’s, where it’s ...

Early American painter Gilbert Stuart has long been mistakenly represented as a hard-drinking rogue, habitual liar, and inexplicable financial failure. To explain his stylistic unevenness as an artist ...

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This collection includes research on artist Gilbert Stuart that dates from 1755 to 1828 and was compiled by Historian Margaret C.S. Christman, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. This collection ...

Early next year, Christie's will offer up an 1804 oil portrait of George Washington by artist Gilbert Stuart. The painting, commissioned by James Madison, the US's fourth president, served as a model ...

This exhibition brings together a selection of oil paintings by Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) from the Museum’s collection, including his famous portraits of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The ...

Gilbert Stuart was an American artist renowned for his portraiture and portraits. "Never be sparing of colour, load your pictures, but keep your colours as separate as you can," he advised. "No ...