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Gilbert Stuart (artist)
American, 1755 - 1828
John Jay, 1794
oil on canvas
Overall: 138 x 101.9 cm (54 5/16 x 40 1/8 in.) framed: 164.5 x 135.9 x 11.1 cm (64 3/4 x 53 1/2 x 4 3/8 in.)
On Loan
Lent by Peter A. Jay
From the Tour: Gilbert Stuart
Object 2 of 5

1867Tuckerman, Henry T. Book of the Artists. New York, 1867: 109.
1879Mason, George C. The Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart. New York, 1879: 205-207, pl. 8.
1880"Portraits painted by Stuart." In Exhibition of Portraits Painted by Stuart. Exh. cat. 2nd ed. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1880: 44, no. 328.
1926Park, Lawrence. Gilbert Stuart. 2 vols. New York, 1926: 1:436, no. 437, repro.
1932Report of United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission. Vol. V (1932): no. 69.
1932Whitley, William T. Gilbert Stuart. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1932: 88, 91-92.
1938Ide, John Jay. The Portraits of John Jay. New York, 1938: 26-27, no. 7, repro.
1939Watson, Forbes. "My Country 'Tis of Thee." Magazine of Art, 32, no. 6 (June 1939): 324, repro. 334.
1943Walker, John, and Macgill James. Great American Paintings from Smibert to Bellows 1729-1924. London and New York, 1943: no. 19.
1958[Article about the issue of a 15-cent U.S. postage stamp featuring a likeness of John Jay taken from the painting], The Washington Post, 2 November 1958.
1964Mount, Charles Merrill. Gilbert Stuart: A Biography. New York, 1964: 183-185, repro.
1968American Heritage (February 1968): color repro. on cover.
1974Neumeyer, Alfred. Geschichte der Amerikanischen Malerei. Munich, 1974: 119, 165 n. 90.
1976Flexner, Thomas. "The Man Who Painted Washington." American Heritage XXVII, no. 5 (August 1976): 46, repro.
1981American Art through 40 Presidencies. An Inaugural Celebration 1981. Self-guided tour, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1981: Gallery 64, repro.

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