Plaque of George Washington
Gilbert Stuart
1776–1830
Medium
Painted glass
Dimensions
8 x 5 3/8 in. (20.3 x 13.7 cm)
Classification
Painting
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Accession Number
83.2.107
Tags
George WashingtonPortraitsMen
About the Artist
Gilbert Stuart
Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) was born on December 3, 1755, in Saunderstown, Rhode Island. He received his first painting instruction from local portraitist Samuel King, then studied under Scottish artist Cosmo Alexander who brought him to Scotland in 1771. After Alexander died, Stuart returned to Newport before sailing to London in 1775, where he entered the studio of Benjamin West for approximately...