Friday, April 2, 2021

Samuel Meeker's cousin and business partner: More on Wm Parsons Meeker. He was indeed married!

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William Parsons Meeker, also a sitter for Gilbert Stuart  I have been in touch with a descedent of Samuel's cousin and business partner ...
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Sunday, December 13, 2020

It is Sad ....when.... [portrait of Elizabeth Hammond Dorsey]

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It is very sad, when a Gilbert Stuart portrait leaves the family to which it belongs. I am faced with that question as well.... will my daug...
Sunday, September 1, 2019

Can you help determine if this was painted by Gilbert Stuart?

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I received this question with a photo of a portrait. My answer; Do you know the history of the painting (how it passed into your hands)...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Fascinating, fine & finished; the Stuart portrait of Joseph Brant. Could there be another as of yet undiscovered Stuart portrait of this most famous native North American?

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During the American Revolutionary war, American native Indian populations were forced to chose sides between the Americans and the Briti...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

A Previously-Unpublished Gilbert Stuart Portrait of Emily, Duchess of Leinster

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(this post is pressented by Jeanne Grimsby) Gilbert Stuart was born in Rhode Island in 1755 and moved to Scotland in 1771 at the age of 16...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Captain Wiliam Locker is up for auction, the claim is that it is an original copy by Stuart of his own original. He did make copies....

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Captain William Locker was active in the British naval service beginning in 1746, served with distinction in the 1860s, married an Admiral...
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Sunday, December 31, 2017

Attributed Gilbert Stuart, 1756-1828. Portrait of a seated lady.

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This portrait, attributed to Gilbert Stuart, was sold at auction (William Bunch Auctions) this month.  The estimated price was $4000.00 to $...
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Saturday, March 4, 2017

Is Janet's portrait of Washington by GS? portraits of George Washington (and Meeker) &.... When Stuart was Really Interested in a male face...

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See post previous to this, for backgound on Janet's portrait of President George Washington. After leaving America to make a name for h...
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Sunday, February 26, 2017

Is this portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart??

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Our master is known for his portraits of George Washington; thanks to this we can have a vivid image of what our most famous American, our ...
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Fine copies of Stuart are also floating about; Mrs Luke White and her Son, Lawrence Park thought the copy he was looking at was original

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Gilbert was in Dublin for nearly six years (1787-93).  As a reminder he had left America to find his fortune in London (and escape the War o...
Friday, September 30, 2016

Regarding authenticity, the difference between "by" and "after" Gilbert Stuart when considering a purchase of a Stuart portrait

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Those of you thinking of investing in a masterpiece by Gilbert Stuart, perhaps by auction, pay close attention to the wording which describe...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Stuart's Pigments and Paint Application continued (2nd part)

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SEGMENTS FROM: American Painters on Technique: the Colonial Period to 1860,  "Gilbert Stuart: the First American Old Master": May...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

Stuart's Pigments and Paint Application

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SEGMENTS FROM: American Painters on Technique: the Colonial Period to 1860,  "Gilbert Stuart: the First American Old Master": May...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Progress on the portrait in the Stuart style, and a question for the experts! & insight into how Stuart painted

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Jeanne Grimsby is painting the portrait of my gt grandmother Carrie [Martin] Cory,  gt grandaughter of the twin sister of Samuel Meeker, ...