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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

Exhibition History

1889
Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits and Relics (part of the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington as First President of the United States), Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 1889, no. 120.
1939
Life in America. A Special Loan Exhibition of Paintings held during the period of the New York World's Fair, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1939, no. 49, repro.
1957
Alexander Hamilton Bicenntenial Exhibition, U.S. Department of Treasury, Washington, D.C., 1957.
1967
Gilbert Stuart: Portraitist of the Young Republic, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1967, no. 25.

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