A visually stunning show of portraits by Gilbert Stuart -- including 14 he painted of George Washington -- is on view at the Metropolitan Museum, tracing the lo ...

George Washington would have been jealous. When painter Gilbert Stuart painted his portrait, the General spent 15 hours posing, hating every self-conscious moment. In contrast, just a week before ...

Gilbert Stuart's self-portrait, painted in 1778 National Gallery of Art We all carry a portrait of George Washington with us -- on the dollar bill.

Dianne Stephens gave a tour of the National Gallery of Art showing examples of early American portraits by artist Gilbert Stuart, known for his many paintings of George Washington and other early ...

Gilbert Stuart News from United Press International. On Dec. 3, 1984, poison gas leaked at a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India, in the world's worst chemical disaster.

Gilbert Stuart's portrait of John Jay (1745-1829) — American statesman, patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers and the first chief justice of the United States. Painted by American ...

The portrait of George Washington at the Reading Public Museum now has a frame worthy of its illustrious subject. ... “George Washington” by Gilbert Stuart, circa. 1795, ...

Gilbert Stuart first painted George Washington in 1795 (in a work now known only from copies). That painting was so successful that, according to artist Rembrandt Peale, Martha Washington “wished a ...

If you’re envisioning Dolley tearing the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait down as the Red Coats closed in and the curtains burned, well, that’s not quite what happened.