George Washington (After Gilbert Stuart), 19th C. Oil on Canvas gift for sportsman with beautifully turned fruitwood ends

with beautifully turned fruitwood ends

8" x 5 1/8" and in excellent condition

3/4"long  x 1/2"

it seems possible that they were chess pieces—if so

and deeply carved ears

George Washington (After Gilbert Stuart), 19th C. Oil on Canvas gift for sportsman with beautifully turned fruitwood endsFound just in the time for the 4th of July, this folk portrait of George Washington, based I believe of the earliest of Gilbert Stuart's Washington portraits: the Gibbs Channing Avery portrait, c. 1795. I love variations on a theme, and portraits of Washington are a great example many many out there, all a little different, and of interest at least as much for what they reveal about the painter as the subject. I love the glow y softness of this one,