George Washington (After Gilbert Stuart), 19th C. Oil on Canvas gift for sportsman and would work as a

and would work as a wall-hung vase or a small planter

and deeply carved ears

I purchased this directly from a seller in Russia when it was still winter

10 3/4" with handle

so would have worked more like a marionette--though his long flat feet seem definitely designed for tapping

George Washington (After Gilbert Stuart), 19th C. Oil on Canvas gift for sportsman and would work as aFound just in the time for the 4th of July, this folk portrait of George Washington, based I believe of the earliest of Gilbert Stuart's Washington portraits: the Gibbs Channing Avery portrait, c. 1795. I love variations on a theme, and portraits of Washington are a great example many many out there, all a little different, and of interest at least as much for what they reveal about the painter as the subject. I love the glow y softness of this one,