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Horatio Gates

ca. 1793–94
oil on canvas
44 1/4 x 35 7/8 in. (112.4 x 91.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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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...
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Henry Rice

ca. 1815
Oil on wood
26 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (67.3 x 54.6 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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George Washington (1)

1796
oil on canvas
no dimensions avaliable

National Portrait Gallery

Washington, D.C.

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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.
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George Washington

ca. 1795–96
oil on canvas
30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. (76.8 x 64.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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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...
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George Heathcote

ca. 1785
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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General Peter Gansevoort

1794
oil on canvas
Height: 76.52 cm (30.13 in.), Width: 63.5 cm (25 in.)

Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute of Art

Utica, NY

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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.
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David Sears, Jr.

ca. 1815
oil on canvas
27 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. (69.2 x 59.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Daniel Webster

1825
oil on canvas
Height: 91.44 cm (36 in.), Width: 71.12 cm (28 in.)

Private Collection

Unknown, USA

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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.
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Charles Wilkes

ca. 1794
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Charles Lee or Gentleman of the Lee Family

1794–1803
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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