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The
Lansdowne portrait
is an
iconic
life-size portrait of
George Washington
painted by
Gilbert Stuart
in 1796. It depicts the 64-year-old
president of the United States
during his final year in office. The portrait was a gift to the former British prime minister
William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne
, and spent more than 170 years in England. In 1968, it was loaned to the
National Portrait Gallery
in Washington, D.C., and purchased by the gallery in 2001. This copy of the Lansdowne portrait, also painted by Stuart, hangs in the
East Room
of the
White House
; it was rescued by First Lady
Dolley Madison
during the
Burning of Washington
in 1814.
Painting credit:
Gilbert Stuart
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