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Was any reason ever given by the National Gallery for the name change from the 1880 Breschard to the 1970 Ricketts? I thought Riggs was one of America's premier collectors?
is this the same gilbert stuart who was one of the editors of the edinburgh review in the period 1773 or thereabouts? the artist gilbert stuart was known to have been in edinburgh at this time. gilbert stuart the literary critic was known to have been a reviewer of lord monboddo's work at that time.
signed Anlace posted jan 4, 2006 Anlace 05:19, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Location of Birth
When was G. Stuart actually born? On different locations I'm finding different things. These are: Kingston, Kingstown, Narragansett, Saunderstown. To Anlace: Stuart was only 17 years old in 1773. Sztavrosz 00:23, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
I mean WHERE not WHEN. Sztavrosz 00:24, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
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- He was born in Saunderstown, which is a village within North Kingstown. Technically, either location is correct. He was definitely not born in either Narragansett (a separate town) or Kingston (a village of South Kingstown). "Kingstown" does not exist, probably just a typo meaning North Kingstown. Raime 17:42, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
i dont know where, but ill let you know if i come upon it. age 17 might work because his critic work was very immature and received much adverse comment from authors and even jurists of the time Anlace 03:31, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] J. E. Stuart
I have removed the sentence from the article that read:
J.E. Stuart, a famous California artist of the later 19th century, was the grandson of Gilbert Stuart.
Due to information found on on The San Francisco Art Boom: 1860s-1880s: James Everett Stuart (1852-1941). This website states:
James Everett Stuart was asked if he was related to the famous portrait artist Gilbert Stuart, and he replied: "Perhaps, but we are not sure. I may be a distant cousin only." (source: Letter from Arthur Thomas to J. A. Baird).
This clearly contradicts the claim that Gilbert Stuart was his grandfather. Whoever found the original information, please identify the source from which you retrieved it from if you want to reinstate it into the article. Raime 06:16, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Stuart or Stewart
I am finding that within the article the last name is spelled Stewart and Stuart. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.200.141.237 (talk) 20:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
- This is correct; he was born as "Stewart", and the name of his father was "Stewart", but Gilbert later changed his name to "Stuart". I will add another reference ([1]) to clarify this. Cheers, Rai-me 22:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Unfinished Portrait?
"His best known work, George Washington (also known as The Athenaeum and the Unfinished Portrait) was completed the 1796" I'm not sure how that is supposed to actually read. "in 1796?" If unfinished, how "completed"? And why was it never finished? When was it first exhibited or reproduced? Шизомби (talk) 17:37, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
- I've changed it to read: "His best known work, the unfinished portrait of George Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, was begun in 1796 and left incomplete at the time of Stuart's death in 1828." It was left unfinished so that Stuart could keep it in his possession and make copies to sell for a profit [2]. I will try to add all of that information to the article. Cheers, Rai•me 20:57, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
