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Gilbert Stuart’s iconic image of George Washington is familiar to many viewers as the face on the one-dollar bill. Stuart called it his ”hundred dollar bill” portrait, after the amount he charged for each replica. Stuart was praised for accurately…

Profile portrait of Joseph Priestley, white on green jasper dip. ”PRIESTLEY” at bottom. ”Wedgwood/O” on back. After c. 1776 bust by Giuseppe Ceracchi.

Joseph Priestley was an outspoken minister and one of the founders of rational Unitarianism. He was also a renowned natural philosopher, who is perhaps most famous for discovering oxygen. He developed innovative teaching methods at Warrington…

Samuel Vaughan married Sarah Hallowell, the daughter of the King's Naval Commissioner in Boston, in 1750. The couple moved to Jamaica, where Benjamin was born, and later moved back to their house in London. In all, they had eleven children. A patriot…

To complete this portrait of Thomas Jefferson commissioned by the United States Military Academy, Thomas Sully stayed for twelve days at Monticello, making sketches and painting the half-length study seen here. Jefferson was concerned that the…

Interspersed with Various Pieces, calculated for Instruction and Amusement. Translated from the French.