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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
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Gilbert Stuart
American, 1755 - 1828
John Adams, c. 1800/1815
oil on canvas
Overall: 73.7 x 61 cm (29 x 24 in.) framed: 97.5 x 84.5 x 10.8 cm (38 3/8 x 33 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Robert Homans
1954.7.1
From the Tour: Gilbert Stuart
Object 5 of 5

Exhibition History

1880
Exhibition of Portraits Painted by Gilbert Stuart, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1880, no. 304
1889
Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington-Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits and Relics, Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 1889, no. 56
1931
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1931, 1932, 1935 (on loan)
1950
Makers of History in Washington, 1800-1950, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1950, no. 7
1951
They Gave Us Freedom, Colonial Williamsburg and the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virigia, 1951, no. 3
1969
A Nineteenth-Century Gallery of Distinguished Americans, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 1969, p. 12
2002
Fathers and Sons: Two Families - Four Presidents, George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station, Texas, 2002, no cat.
2004
Gilbert Stuart, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art (for the National Portrait Gallery), Washington, D.C., 2004-2005, no. 59, repro.

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