18th Century American Leaders

Portraits of prominent 18th-century American figures, highlighting artistic styles and historical significance of portraits of Washington and Adams.

1791 PORTRAIT THOMAS JEFFERSON BY CHARLES WILLSON PEALE AMERICAN PRESIDENT PRINCIPAL AUTHOR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

GEORGE WASHINGTON American soldier & statesman

1791 PORTRAIT THOMAS JEFFERSON BY CHARLES WILLSON PEALE AMERICAN PRESIDENT PRINCIPAL AUTHOR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

George Washington 1795 Adolph Ulrich Wertmuller The Swedish portraitist Wertmuller worked in Paris until the upheavals of the French Revolution drove him to Madrid and then Philadelphia. In early November 1794 he completed his first portrait of Washington, which he replicated many times. With its fussy lace ruff and powder-speckled coat, Wertmuller's portrayal of Washington was both admired and condemned. Some proclaimed it the finest likeness of the president, while others, who preferred the work of Peale, Stuart, and Trumbull, deemed it overly precious and not at all like him.. George Washington 13196

George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart (Vaughan-Sinclair portrait), 1795, American painting, oil on canvas. This is one of the 130 known portraits of Washington by portraitist Gilbert Stuart (BSLOC_2016_5_59)

George Washington (Vaughan-Sinclair portrait). Dated: 1795. Dimensions: overall: 73.8 x 61.1 cm (29 1/16 x 24 1/16 in.) framed: 92.7 x 80 x 9.5 cm (36 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: GILBERT STUART.

John Adams (1735-1826) American politician and Second President of the United States (1797-1801).

Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, c 1800 George Washington

Gilbert Stuart, George Washington (Vaughan portrait), 1795 George Washington (Vaughan portrait)

George Washington 1732 to 1799 First President of the United States of America

Portrait of James Madison, by Gilbert Stuart, who made additional copies after completion of the work. Date c. 1805-07

Thomas Jefferson 1799, Polk, Charles Peale, 1799.

George Washington (1732-1799). 1st President of the United States (1789-1797). Portrait. Engraving. "Historia biográfica de los Presidentes de los Estados Unidos" (Biographical story of the Presidents of the United States). Published in Barcelona by Montaner y Simón, 1885.

Thomas Jefferson in a 1791 portrait by either Charles Willson Peale or his daughter, Sarah Miriam Peale. Jefferson was then serving as the 1st Secretary of State under President George Washington. Detail cropped from the full size portrait (BSLOC_2019_6_137)

George Washington , Presidents, Washington, George, 1732-1799. Louis Prang & Company Collection

George Washington. Dated: c. 1796. Dimensions: overall: 76.1 x 63.3 cm (29 15/16 x 24 15/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edward Savage.

Portrait of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States

George Washington (1732-99), First President of the United States, Photograph of a John Trumbell Portrait at Yale School of Fine Arts, Detroit Publishing Company, 1900

Benjamin Rush, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Surgeon General of the Continental Army. After the American Revolution, he was a professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, where he had a clinical practice (BSLOC_2019_4_142)

James Madison by Gilbert Stuart

JOHN ADAMS, by John Trumbull, 1793, American painting, oil on canvas, DETAIL. The painting was made after Adams one-term Presidency from 1797-1791 (BSLOC_2019_5_54)

George Washington (1732-1799). First President of the United States (1789-1797). Portrait (1796) by Gilbert Charles Stuart (1755-1828). National Portrait Gallery. Washington D.C. United States.

Portrait of George Washington, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA (Editorial Usage Only)

George Washington, by Rembrandt Peale, c. 1850, American painting, oil on canvas. Over two decades after Washington's death, Peale created this heroic portrait, with a tromp l'úil stonework oval that gave rise to its informal title of 'Porthole' portrait (BSLOC_2016_5_58)

Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826 Third President of the United States 1801-1809. Color of a half portrait of Jefferson sitting at the desk, approx. 1845. After a portrait by Matthew Harris Jouett approx. 17887-1827.

Robert Dundas of Arniston 1758 to 1819 Judge and Chief Baron of the Exchequer Court in Scotland Engraved by T Woolnoth after H Raeburn From the book National Portrait Gallery volume III published c 1835

Portrait of George Washington (1732-1799) an American politician, soldier and the first President of the United States of America. Painted by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) an American painter. Dated 18th Century

George Washington (1732-1799). Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860. 1859. Paintings, Portraits. New York Public Library Archives. Washington, George, 1732-1799

George Washington, 1732 - 1799, from 1789 to 1797 the first President of the United States of America, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, colored.

George Washington (1732-99), First President of the United States, Half-Length Seated Portrait, Lithographer and Published by Endicott and Swett, 1830's

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA (Editorial Usage Only)

George Washington (1732-1799) first President of US 1789-1797. Portrait by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) .

Portrait, George Washington, by Trumbull, at Harvard , Portrait paintings, Washington, George, 1732-1799. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

George Washington, First President of the United States 1789.

President John Adams - John Trumbull 1793

Thomas Jefferson, Gilbert Stuart, circa 1821, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America

George Washington. Dated: c. 1803/1805. Dimensions: overall: 73.6 x 61.4 cm (29 x 24 3/16 in.) framed: 92.7 x 80 x 7.6 cm (36 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 3 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: GILBERT STUART.

George Washington 1840 Thomas Wilcocks Sully. George Washington 12709

George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart, 1821, American painting, oil on canvas. In 1796 Washington sat for Stuart who created the famous, but never finished 'Athenaeum' portrait. From that work, he sold up to 70 of his reproductions, such as this one, for a (BSLOC_2016_5_61)

Portrait of CHRISTIAN VII, 1766-1808 King of Denmark

Thomas Jefferson, in George Healy portrait after Gilbert Stuart, painted between 1848 and 1879. Artists regularly copied portraits, even years after the original was made, to meet public demand and earn a living (BSLOC_2019_6_145)

Engraving of Thomas Mifflin, created by Gilbert Stuart in 1825. The print measures 9.6 x 11.2 cm and was issued by order of the corporation of New York, depicting Mifflin, who lived from 1744 to 1800

GEORGES WASHINGTON - 1732/99 -COMANDANTE DE LAS FUERZAS DEL CONGRESO. Author: JOHN MASEY WRIGHT.

Historical drawing from the 19th century, portrait of George Washington, 1732 - 1799, the first President of the United States of America

Portrait of George Washington, 1st President of the United States

George Washington

James Madison (1751-1936), American politician and political philosopher, fourth President of the United States 1809-1817. Portrait of Gilbert Stuart (1754-1828), 1805-1807

Geo. Washington Esqr., late President of the United States of America.. Prints. 1798. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Washington, George, 1732-1799

Alexander Hamilton by John Tronebull (1756 - 1843); Oil on canvas; 1792

Portrait of George Washington, 1732 - 1799, the first president of the United States of America

Gilbert Stuart, Edward Shippen, 1796 Edward Shippen

George Washington, 22 February 1732-14 December 1799, from 1789 to 1797 the first President of the United States of America, Painting by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a historic original.

Benjamin Franklin: The statesman and philosopher. Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and in many ways was 'the First American'.

George Washington ca. 1846 Rembrandt Peale American. George Washington 11740

Portrait of Geo. Washington , Presidents, Washington, George, 1732-1799. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Alexander Hamilton. oil on canvas. Date: 1806. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

George Washington by Gilbert Stuart (1755 - 1828); Oil on Canvas; circa 1800

Vintage photograph. Painting of George Washington

American Revolution. Mezzotint portrait of General George Washington created in 1783, by Valentine Green, a British engraver and print publisher. It was based on John Trumbull's 1780 painting, made while he was studying in London with Benjamin West (BSLOC_2019_4_10)

Portrait of George Washington, US Presidents

Theodore Sedgwick (1746-1813), B. A. 1765, M.A. (Hon.)1772. Artist: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

William Wheatcroft (c. 1517 to 1558), of Rendlesham and Ipswich, Suffolk, was an English politician, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Portrait of William Windham

George Washington. oil on canvas. Date: 1785. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

President James Madison Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828 American)

Gilbert Stuart, James Monroe, c 1817 James Monroe

Portrait, John Armstrong by Rembrandt Peale , Portrait paintings, Government officials, Armstrong, John, 1758-1843. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Portrait of Geo. Washington , Presidents, Washington, George, 1732-1799. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

George Washington Painted by Rembrandt Peale 1795 - 1823 Oil on Canvas

James Madison, 4th president of the United States, circa 1810

Maximilien Robespierre (1758 - 1794); French lawyer and politician, as well as one of the best known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution.

James Monroe, by Gilbert Stuart, 1817, American painting, oil on canvas. Colonel George Gibbs, Rhode Island, commissioned Stuart to paint five American Presidents in the 1820s. This portrait is a replica of one done from life in 1817, only set against a p (BSLOC_2016_5_69)

John Adams (October 30, 1735 July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States (17971801). Portrait by William Winstanley, 1798.

John Eager Howard 1752-1827. American soldier and politician. From the book Gallery of Historical Portraits published c.1880.

Photograph of a Portrait of Alexander Hamilton Artwork.

Thomas Jefferson, 1786 Mather Brown

England, London, Greenwich, The Queen's House, Portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson by Lemuel Francis Abbott dated 1798

George Washington (1732-99) First President of the United States, Full-Length Portrait, Engraved by William Sartain from a Painting by Gilbert Stuart, 1892

Richard Cosway, 1742-1821, British, James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun, 1789. Watercolor and gouache on ivory.

JOHN ADAMS, by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800-1815, American painting, oil on canvas. Adams was involved in the American Revolution from the 1770 when he defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, to serving as the first US ambassador to England in 1785-88. He was the first Vice President and the second President of the United States, from 1797-1801 (BSLOC_2019_5_55)

James Madison. Date: 1809. Oil on panel. Museum: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.

Henry Laurens(1724-1792). Artist: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

Martin van Buren (1782 - 1862) Eighth president of the United States

Benjamin Franklin, American statesman, printer and scientist, 19th century. Artist: Currier and Ives

Alexander Hamilton born 1751 died 1804 ca. 1896.

Charles Willson Peale (15 April 1741-22 February 1827) was an American portrait and landscape painter, Self-portrait, Painting by Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), Historic, Digitally restored reproduction of a historic original

George Washington. Copy of engraving by James Mitan after John Trumbull, published 1808.. 1931 - 1932.

George Washington. Print showing George Washington, standing in front of a chair with right arm extended toward a table on the left and holding a sword in left hand.

Portrait of John Adams, by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828 Oil on wood 1821. John Adams (1735 July 4, 1826). American patriot who served as the second President of the United States (17971801) and the first Vice President (178997).

Benjamin Franklin American. Benjamin Franklin, early to mid-19th century. Oil on canvas, 29 15/16 x 25 1/16 in. (76 x 63.7 cm). American Art early to mid-19th century

Thomas Sumter, 1734 to 1832 nicknamed the Carolina Gamecock. Hero of the American Revolution and longtime member of the Congress of the United States.

Henry Nichols, Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828, Men, 1900

PITT, Willian 'the Younger' (1759-1806). British politician. Prime Minister from 1783 to 1801 and fron 1804 to 1806. Copy after an original by Sir Thomas Lawrence. William Pitt. 1844. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. YVELINES. Versailles. National Museum of Versailles.

Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740-1809), LL.D.1797. Artist: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843

Historical engraving, 19th century, portrait of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1751 - 1816, Irish playwright and politician

George Washington Esq., engraved by JamesFisher. Engraver: James Fisher, active 1801 After: Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828 Subject: George Washington, American, 1732-1799, LL.D. 1781

Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755-1828), James Monroe, c. 1817, oil on wood

George Washington by Charles Willson Peale (1741 - 1827); Oil on canvas; circa 1779 - 81

Colonel John Trumbull(1756-1843). Artist: Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755-1828

Ph: Schuyler / painted by Chappel, name scraped out ; eng'r, scraped out Alonzo Chappel. | Library of Congress

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