George Washington
c. 1803
Painter, American, 1755 - 1828
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 74.3 x 61 cm (29 1/4 x 24 in.)
framed: 100 × 84.3 × 15.9 cm (39 3/8 × 33 3/16 × 6 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2014.136.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Purchased c. 1803 from the artist by Col. John Tayloe III [1771-1828], Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia; by descent to his son, Benjamin Ogle Tayloe [1796-1868]; by descent to his first wife, Phebe Warren Tayloe; gift 1884 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1932
George Washington Bicentennial Historical Loan Exhibition of Portraits of George Washington and His Associates; also a Collection of Washingtoniana, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1932, no. 9.
1956
Mozart and the Age of Reason, Nelson Atkins Gallery, Kansas City, 15 January - February 1956, no catalogue.
1964
Loan to private residence, Lansdell K. Christie, Long Island, 6 April 1964- 1 April 1966.
1966
Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 April - 30 September 1966, unpublished checklist.
1972
The Great Game of Politics, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 7 October - 5 November 1972, unpublished checklist.
1999
George Washington: The Man Behind the Myths, Virginia Historical Society, Richmond; Tennessee State Museum, Nashville; Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, 1999-2000, no checklist.
2004
Gilbert Stuart, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2004-2005, no. 42.
2005
Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 5.
2008
The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washingtonn, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.
2009
American Paintings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 6 June-18 October 2009, unpublished checklist.
2013
American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013-28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.
Bibliography
2011
Miles, Ellen G. "Gilbert Stuart, George Washington." In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 58-59, 255, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q46626299