George Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart, the artist who created the image used on the US dollar bill, is up for grabs.

Gilbert Stuart, who created portraits of key figures of the American Revolution and in early U.S. history, died on this day in history on July 9, 1828. Gilbert’s distinctive portrait style remains the ...

The image is so familiar that it often goes unnoticed: the powdered hair, the ruffled shirt, the stoic smile. George Washington’s rendering on the $1 bill may be the most widely distributed portrait ...

Gilbert Stuart was an American artist renowned for his portraiture and portraits. "Never be sparing of colour, load your pictures, but keep your colours as separate as you can," he advised. "No ...

Join Briana Zavadil White, head of education and public programs at the National Portrait Gallery, for an engaging look at the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart. Together, ...

Gilbert Stuart painted the famous Lansdowne portrait of George Washington. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz / Photos via Wikimedia Commons and Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Gilbert Stuart ...

Gilbert Stuart's (1755-1828) second life portrait of George Washington, the engraving of which graces our $1 bill, is perhaps the world's most-seen face. Painted in 1796, Gilbert deliberately left it ...

This past fall the Museum has featured its eight paintings by Gilbert Stuart in a special exhibition, Gilbert Stuart: From Boston to Brunswick. In addition to these remarkable portraits, the ...

Paintings of George Washington gaze down sternly at visitors to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. One image in particular seems iconic, with Washington's head turned slightly to the ...

Entering the museum gallery, I instantly recognized the life-sized portrait of George Washington. I had first encountered the painting 50 years ago, but this was my first time seeing it live. When I ...

Every picture tells a story, and presidential portraits help tell vital ones, not only about the man portrayed but also about his era and its ideals. The portraits also entail stories that the images ...