George Washington (The Athenaeum Portrait)
1796 · Oil on canvas · National Portrait Gallery, Washington, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828)
- Year
- 1796
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 121.9 × 88 cm
- Collection
- National Portrait Gallery, Washington, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (jointly owned)
- Movement
- Colonial American
George Washington's head and shoulders emerge from a bare, unfinished canvas. Stuart painted it from life in 1796, deliberately left it unfinished and kept it for the rest of his life, using it to paint some seventy copies for sale. It is the source of the engraving on the American one-dollar bill. It is owned jointly by the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
The most familiar face in American history for a study, office or hallway in a dark wood frame. It suits warm white, navy or deep green walls and is a gift for a history lover.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Colonial American painting
- Era
- 18th century (1796)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, home office, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×16, 18×24, 24×32 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×32 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or dark wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
