DOLLEY MADISON, GILBERT STUART, AND GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PORTRAIT

by David B. Mccoy

Overview

This story, at its heart, is about a single event: Dolley Madison saving the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington from certain destruction by the British. But as happens so often in history, one salient event clouds our view of the past. In this short publication you will learn how Dolley, once a pious Quaker widow, set the standard by which First Ladies would be held to for more than a century; how Gilbert Stuart who, due to a lack of technical skill, developed a style of portrait painting that would reach high art; and how Stuart captured the essence of George Washington and the spirit of representative democracy in his Lansdowne painting.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160956275
Publisher:	Spare Change Press
Publication date:	07/30/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

David B. McCoy earned his history teaching degree from Ashland University and his graduate degree from Kent State University. After teaching thirty-two years, David retired to write short books on a wide variety of topics.

Short, concise, and informative, most Spare Change Press ® publications are generally less than 100 pages.

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