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George Washington, 1732-1799
Gilbert Stuart made many replicas of his original "Athenaeum" portrait of George Washington. Stuart's image was very popular and influential, so much so that other artists also made copies from Stuart's paintings, including small miniature portraits such as this one. Art historians have suggested that this painting may have been created by Edward Greene Malbone, who could have painted it as early as 1797, or perhaps by Benjamin Trott, who was making copies of Stuart's portraits of Washington between 1831 and his death in 1843.
Unidentified artist, after Gilbert Stuart, after 1796 |