Gilbert Stuart

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Place: Saunderstown

Born: 1755

Death: 1828

Biography:

Gilbert Charles Stuart (born Stewart December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter from Rhode Island who is widely considered one of America's foremost portraitists. His best known work is the unfinished portrait of George Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, begun in 1796. Stuart retained the portrait and used it t...

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