Antique Oil Painting George Washington c. 1875 after Gilbert Stuart

  

This is a wonderful antique oil painting after Gilbert Stuart depicting an upper profile of President George Washinton - the painting was created c. 1875 & was reframed c.

1915 by a Keene, NH framing company (see photo #15) - the canvas & stretchers were originally from a New York art products company (see photo #16) - on the reverse of the painting, you will see some small white marks - these are repaired aged "pinholes" that were in the canvas - there have also been new wooden "keys" placed in the corners of the stretchers to keep the canvas properly tight. The artist who created this painting after the famous portrait done by Gilbert Stuart got this painting pretty much right when you compare this painting with the Stuart painting - and, this painting is clearly a true antique artwork considering that it was done c.