Minneapolis Institute of Art

Portrait of Alexander Townsend

Gilbert Stuart

Date

1809

Medium

Oil on panel

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This portrait of Alexander Townsend, a well-known Boston lawyer and orator, was painted soon after Gilbert Stuart had moved from Washington, D.C. to Boston. Because of the trade embargo with England and France, Stuart resorted to painting on a wooden panel rather than on canvas, which had to be imported. United States, Americas

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