Vaughan-Type Portrait of George Washington
ArtistAfter
Gilbert Stuart
(American, 1755-1828)
CultureAmerican
DateLate 18th or early 19th century
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 32 x 36 1/2 in. (81.3 x 92.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 32 x 36 1/2 in. (81.3 x 92.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number76.53.5
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas portrait of George Washington against a red background.Label TextAfter Gilbert Stuart American (1755-1828) Vaughan-type Portrait of George Washington, late 18th or early 19th century Oil on canvas Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 76.53.5 This painting is an early copy of Gilbert Stuart's first life portrait of Washington, which Stuart painted in 1795 while Washington was serving as president in Philadelphia. Stuart himself painted more than a dozen versions of this portrait, which is today known as the "Vaughan" type after the London merchant, Samuel Vaughan, who was the original owner of one of them. ProvenanceEdgar H. Sittig, New York; Purchased by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch from Edgar H. Sittig, November 8, 1954; Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1954-1974; On loan to the Chrysler Museum, 1974-1976; Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1976. Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "First in the Hearts of His Countrymen: America Remembers George Washington 1732-1799," Chrysler Museum of Art, Nov. 23, 1999 - Summer 2001. Published ReferencesDennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 90.
