Category:Abigail Adams by Gilbert Stuart

**Abigail Smith Adams (Mrs. John Adams)**
	painting by Gilbert Stuart
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Instance of	painting;
Main subject	Abigail Adams;
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	portrait;
Location	National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia
Country of origin	United States of America;
Creator	Gilbert Stuart;
Collection	National Gallery of Art;
Inventory number	1954.7.2 (National Gallery of Art);
Inception	19th century (before 1815, after 1800);
Width	59.7 cm;
Height	73.4 cm;
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Abigail Adams by Gilbert Stuart

Gilbert Stuart: Abigail Smith Adams (Mrs. John Adams)

Artist



Alternative names	Gilbert Charles Stuart ; Birth name: Gilbert Charles Stewart
Description	American painter and portraitist
Date of birth/death	3 December 1755	9 July 1828
Location of birth/death	North Kingston (Newport, Rhode Island)	Boston
Work location	Boston, New York City, London, Dublin
Authority file	: Q41402 VIAF: 61689381 ISNI: 0000000066349660 ULAN: 500010392 LCCN: n50083265 NLA: 35149085 WGA: s/stuart Open Library: OL2433312A Oxford Dict.: 26705 GND: 11879924X SELIBR: 248757 SUDOC: 035541245 BNF: 131955753 NKC: ola2003192350 BNE: XX6081616 NLP: a0000003633787 KulturNav: 73f98632-a2bc-464e-9f81-67fb0d2ded1c RKD: 75878 J9U: 987007279743405171 Koninklijke: 07280405X WorldCat

Title

Abigail Smith Adams (Mrs. John Adams)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Abigail Adams

Date

between 1800 and 1815

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 73.4 cm (28.8 in)

; width: 59.7 cm (23.5 in)

Collection

National Gallery of Art

	Native name	National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
	Location	Washington, D.C., United States of America
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 29″ N, 77° 01′ 12″ W
	Established	17 March 1941
	Website	www.nga.gov
	Authority file	: Q214867 VIAF: 3064149198328574940008 ISNI: 0000000123753994 ULAN: 500115983 LCCN: n79054426 NAID: 10479068 WorldCat

Accession number

1954.7.2 (National Gallery of Art)

Place of creation

United States of America

Object history

Mrs. John Adams felt that "if we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women." Stuart's portrait, begun when the first lady was fifty-six, captures the patrician beauty of her straight nose and arched brows. The forthright painting also leaves little doubt about the force of character, intellect, and principles of this daughter of a Massachusetts minister.

This likeness was Stuart's only completed picture of Abigail Smith Adams. It and its companion piece of her husband, John Adams, were started in 1800 but not delivered until 1815. The Adams' eldest son and the future sixth president, John Quincy Adams, politely stated his family's attitude toward the artist's procrastination: "Mr. Stuart thinks it the prerogative of genius to disdain the performance of his engagements."

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Media in category "Abigail Adams by Gilbert Stuart"

The following 23 files are in this category, out of 23 total.

Abigail Adams by Gilbert Stuart.jpg 3,264 × 4,000; 15.73 MB
Abigail Adams by Gilbert Stuart - National Gallery of Art, Washington - DSC09730.JPG 3,066 × 3,698; 3.48 MB
2007 Abigail Adams bronze medal obverse.jpg 216 × 229; 22 KB
A Adams from an original painting by Gilbert Stuart.jpg 3,263 × 3,959; 5.14 MB
A. Adams - from an original painting by Gilbert Stuart. LCCN96525381.jpg 3,263 × 3,959; 4.4 MB
A. Adams - from an original painting by Gilbert Stuart. LCCN96525381.tif 3,263 × 3,959; 12.32 MB
Abigail Adams (Stuart) 2.jpg 2,479 × 3,762; 5.2 MB
Abigail Adams (Stuart).jpg 1,201 × 1,600; 720 KB
Abigail Adams B&W (Biographical Dictionary of America, vol. 1).png 265 × 383; 133 KB
Abigail Adams engraving.jpg 1,236 × 1,500; 1.17 MB
Abigail Adams engraving.tif 3,263 × 3,959; 12.33 MB
Abigail Adams First Spouse Coin obverse.jpg 1,090 × 1,090; 1.27 MB
Abigail Adams gemalt von Gilbert Stuart.jpg 412 × 682; 145 KB
ABIGAIL ADAMS..jpg 740 × 1,039; 123 KB
Abigail adams.jpg 275 × 344; 25 KB
Abigail Smith Adams wife of John Adams - photo of portrait by Gilbert Stuart. LCCN2014648296.jpg 3,257 × 4,096; 2.04 MB
Abigail Smith Adams wife of John Adams - photo of portrait by Gilbert Stuart. LCCN2014648296.tif 3,257 × 4,096; 12.72 MB
Abigail-adams.jpg 756 × 1,040; 242 KB
Appleton's Adams Abigail.jpg 389 × 536; 69 KB
Mrs. Adams (NYPL b13049824-424729).jpg 3,088 × 4,395; 2.99 MB
A. (Abigail) Adams (NYPL Hades-255807-430831).jpg 3,741 × 6,000; 3.24 MB
A. (Abigail) Adams (NYPL Hades-255807-430831).tiff 3,741 × 6,000; 64.23 MB
Woman in Art - Abigail Adams.png 793 × 1,207; 614 KB

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