File:Abigail Adams by Gilbert Stuart.jpg
Original file (3,264 × 4,000 pixels, file size: 15.73 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. The description on its description page there is shown below.
|
Summary
Gilbert Stuart: Abigail Smith Adams (Mrs. John Adams) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q41402 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title |
Abigail Smith Adams |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people | Abigail Adams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
between 1810 and 1815 date QS:P571,+1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 73.4 cm (28.8 in); width: 59.7 cm (23.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,73.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,59.7U174728 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q214867 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current location |
West Ground Floor Gallery 42B |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
1954.7.2 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
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." |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Gift of Mrs. Robert Homans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., online collection |
Licensing
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |
Items portrayed in this file
depicts
image/jpeg
584f01e50f9420ffea3d272e723bb01ca4d8ffae
16,492,458 byte
4,000 pixel
3,264 pixel
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|
current | 08:49, 23 November 2016 | 3,264 × 4,000 (15.73 MB) | P. S. Burton |
File usage
The following page uses this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.
If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
Author | National Gallery of Art |
---|---|
Image title |
|
Horizontal resolution | 139 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 139 dpi |
Y and C positioning | Centered |
Contact information |
images.nga.gov
|
Short title |
|
Credit/Provider | image courtesy National Gallery of Art |
City shown | Washington, DC |