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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: February 16, 2015
Caption: Martha Washington
Additional Description: This 1796 portrait of Martha Washington by Gilbert Stuart, known as the “Athenaeum” portrait, hangs in the National Gallery in Washington DC.

“Gilbert Stuart painted this portrait of Martha Washington at the same time he did that of the president. Both paintings were, commissioned by the Washingtons. They were never completed, however, and, the artist kept them in his possession until his death. Although Stuart made many copies of the president's portrait, no other likeness of Martha Washington by Stuart is known to exist.” — National Gallery of Art
Submitted: October 26, 2015, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p335419
File Size: 2.056 Megabytes

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