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Gilbert Stuart and the unfinished Washington portraits
Gilbert Stuart shaped American views of George Washington with unfinished portraits and copies. Born 1755 in Rhode Island, he studied in Scotland and England before returning to paint Washington and Martha. Despite fame, his lavish spending left him in poverty when he died in Boston.
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Gilbert Stuart
Newport
R. I
Stewart
Charles
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Scotland
Gilbert
Cosmo Alexander
Alexander
University of Glasgow
Sir George Chambers
Stuart
America
Nova Scotia
Young Stuart
England
London
Benjamin West
Europe
Ireland
George Washington
Washington
Jane
George
Martha Washington
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Boston Athenaeum
Athenaeum
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Vaughan
Chifly
United States
France
Boston
the Peales
Charles Willson Peale
James
Rembrandt
Raphael Peale