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Identifier: magazineofamericv19stev (find matches)
Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
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hbachelor residing in Wall street, famous for his mixture of generous hospi-tality, convivial habits, economical notions, and strict religious principles,who meeting Stuart hurrying along the street one day with a Turkey rugon his arm, asked him what he was going to do with it. It is for mystudio, replied Stuart. You extravagant dog, exclaimed McCormick,why did you not buy a Kidderminster for your studio? It would haveanswered as well. Stuart answered quietly, some day you will say Ihave done right. When the painting was finished (in which the rug wasskillfully introduced), and Mr. Constable and Mr. McCormick came in tosee, approve, and admire it, Stuart nudged McCormick with his elbow andremarked, Well, what do you say now to my rug ? You have doneright, was the emphatic reply. This painting was sent when finished toMr. Constables house, in New York, where it was shown to throngs of vis-itors. It is in perfect preservation at the present time, and in the posses- GEORGE WASHINGTON I05
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WASHINGTON. Original Painting /or Marquis 0/Lansdowne : Engraved by James Tittler, A. R. A. sion of Mr. Constables grandson, Mr. Henry E. Pierrepont, of Brooklyn.Before it was sent to New York, however, Stuart painted a half-lengthWashington from it, which Mr. Constable presented to Alexander Hamil-ton, and which is now in the possession of that great financiers grandson.Ere long Stuart painted several full-length portraits of.Washington. The 106 GEORGE WASHINGTON one which appears as our frontispiece was executed for Mr. Peter JayMunro of New York, in 1799. It was purchased by Mr. James Lenox in1845, and is at present No. 70 in the gallery of the Lenox Library. To trace the history of each of Stuarts many portraits of Washingtonwould be of unique interest were it among the possibilties. Replicas ofhis famous Athenaeum head are very numerous. A highly finished copywas made in 1810 for Hon. Josiah Quincy, and is still in the family home-stead at Quincy. Houdon rose to distinction durin

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