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Horatio Gates ca. 1793–94 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Description: This portrait, representing Revolutionary War hero General Horatio Gates (1728–1806), was painted long after he led his troops to victory at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. Although his military career was turbulent, the English-born Gates is represented in the uniform of a brigadier general, decorated with the medal that Congress... | Unrated | Anonymous | |
Henry Rice ca. 1815 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
George Washington (1) 1796 National Portrait Gallery Washington, D.C. | Gilbert Stuart painted this celebrated "Lansdowne" portrait in his Germantown, Pennsylvania, studio in 1796. It was commissioned by William Bingham, United States senator from Pennsylvania, and his wife, for the Earl of Shelburne, later Marquis of Lansdowne, who had defended the rebellious colonies in Parliment. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
George Washington ca. 1795–96 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | When he first sat for Stuart, President George Washington was sixty-three years old and near the end of his second term of office. Stuart subscribed to prevailing theories about physiognomy, which held that a study of the outward body could reveal a person's inner qualities. It took all of Stuart's colloquial powers to engage Washington in... | Unrated | Anonymous | |
George Heathcote ca. 1785 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
General Peter Gansevoort 1794 Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute of Art Utica, NY | Peter Gansevoort (July 17, 1749 – July 2, 1812) was a Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He is best known for leading the resistance to Barry St. Leger's Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777. Gansevoort was also the maternal grandfather of Moby-Dick author Herman Melville. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
David Sears, Jr. ca. 1815 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Daniel Webster 1825 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was a leading American statesman and senator during the nation's Antebellum Period. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
Charles Wilkes ca. 1794 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
Charles Lee or Gentleman of the Lee Family 1794–1803 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous |
- Gilbert Stuart