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Portrait of James Ward

Gilbert StuartLinkedCulture matchlcp-fb1ff271d9d8

Date: 1779
Medium: Oil on canvas
Department: Arts of the Americas
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID: 76

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The sitter’s last name and initial, J. Ward, are inscribed on his dog’s collar. Gilbert Stuart, a Rhode Island native, painted this portrait while working in the London studio of his mentor, the American artist Benjamin West. The pose, costume, and canine companion overtly reference portraits of British royalty from the 1600s. Stuart went on to paint likenesses of U.S. leaders, including the image of George Washington seen on every dollar bill.

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