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George Washington

After Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828) (Artist)
ca. 1810
watercolor on ivory
(18th and 19th Centuries )

Bust-length, almost full view portrait of George Washington wearing a powdered wig, black coat with upright collar, white stock and lace jabot. The miniature was painted for Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, née Nellie Custis on order from Thomas H. Perkins (1764-1854). The inscription on the back reads, "Presented to Mrs. Lewis by her respectful servant, J.H. Perkins."

After George Washington's death in 1799 many Americans wished to own portrait of the first president and revolutionary hero. Miniatures were a popular format for these memorials. This image is after a portrait by Gilbert Stuart, today in the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown.

Inscription

[Inscription] Handwritten on reverse: Presented to Mrs. Lewis by her respectful servant, J.H. Perkins.

Provenance
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Mrs. Lawrence Lewis (Nellie Custis) [date of acquisition unknown] by gift; Frances Parke Lewis [date of acquisition unknown] by inheritance; Lawrence Lewis Butler [date of acquisition unknown] by inheritance; E.G. Butler [date of acquisition unknown] by inheritance; A.J. Fink [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase [David Bendann, Baltimore, as agent]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, 1963, by bequest; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.

Exhibitions

1958-1959 Four Centuries of Miniature Painting from the Collections of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc. and A.J. Fink, Personally. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
1/6/1964 Treatment cleaned
6/8/1964 Treatment other
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USA (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Framed H: 3 7/8 x W: 4 1/8 in. (9.84 x 10.48 cm); H excluding frame: 2 1/4 x W: 3 in. (5.72 x 7.62 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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38.433

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