Gilbert Stuart Portrait of Washington in The American Style Gallery
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In 1795 Martha Washington convinced her husband to sit again for Gilbert Stuart because she wanted a pair of portraits of the couple for their home in Mount Vernon.
Mr. Stuart promised to give her original canvas, but he never that promise, Instead, he left the work unfinished and used it as a source to make numerous copies.
He expected that he could make a fortune from the image of the Revolutionary War hero. Eventually he would make 75 copies of the painting.
He would send Mrs. Washington one of those copies.
Fortunately for Stuart this painting would become the standard of the true likeness of Washington. He would called the painting his one hundred dollar bill. Whenever he needed money he would make a copy and always found a buyer.
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Gilbert Stuart Washington Portrait, The American Style Gallery, Washington's Headquarters Museum, Morristown National Historical Park, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, U.S. National Historical Park, New Jersey Register of Historic Places, Historic Morristown, National Historical Park, The American Revolution, American History, US History, George Washington, Continental Army, Winter Encampment, History, Morristown, Jockey Hollow, The Ford Mansion, Morris County, The American Revolution in New Jersey, The Skylands, Lakeland, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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