National Portrait Gallery
Letter from George Washington to Gilbert Stuart
George Washington, 22 Feb 1732 - 14 Dec 1799 · April 11, 1796
Pennsylvania Senator William Bingham and his wife commissioned Gilbert Stuart to paint a portrait of George Washington in 1796. They presented the likeness to the Marquess of Lansdowne, who, as prime minister of Great Britain, had helped negotiate an end to the Revolutionary War.
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