Jul 17, 2008: Landmark Portrait of George Washington, Houston at Brown Auditorium - Museum of...

yahoo.com     Jul 17, 2008          

1001 Bissonnet St Houston, Texas 77005 Gilbert Stuart, known as the image-maker of George Washington, painted this portrait for a wealthy merchant named William Constable, who commissioned the work for Alexander Hamilton. Last year the New York Public Library sold the painting to Crystal Bridges, a new museum of American art scheduled to open in Bentonville, Arkansas,... [read full story]                    


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