George Washington (After Gilbert Stuart), 19th C. Oil on Canvas standing object and the circles and center

and the circles and center lines black

A pretty cool piece of history

"The perfect gift for that Special DO-NOTHING Friend /  that Useless Necessity a Husband / that Absolute Necessity a Wiife / Designed for Those Who are Going in Either Direction and a Reduction Gear for Big Wheels

with these elegantly pointing legs

and a beautiful long and lanky monkey he is

George Washington (After Gilbert Stuart), 19th C. Oil on Canvas standing object and the circles and centerFound just in the time for the 4th of July, this folk portrait of George Washington, based I believe of the earliest of Gilbert Stuart's Washington portraits: the Gibbs Channing Avery portrait, c. 1795. I love variations on a theme, and portraits of Washington are a great example many many out there, all a little different, and of interest at least as much for what they reveal about the painter as the subject. I love the glow y softness of this one,