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Gilbert Stuart (painter) American, 1755 - 1828 John Adams, c. 1821 oil on wood overall: 66 x 54.5 cm (26 x 21 7/16 in.) Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund 1979.4.1 On View |
This likeness was painted when the second president was in his eighties. However, Stuart copied it from a much earlier National Gallery picture, the portrait of Adams he began from life studies in 1800.