Gilbert Stuart, (painter), American, 1755 - 1828, The Skater (Portrait of William Grant), 1782, oil on canvas, overall: x cm (96 5/8 x 58 1/16 in.), framed: x x cm (108 x 69 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.), In 1775, Gilbert Stuart set sail for London where Benjamin West welcomed the destitute young man into his home. The Skater marks the end of his five-year apprenticeship to West. Stuart's first effort at full-length portraiture, its originality brought the artist so much notice at the 1782 Royal Academy exhibition that he soon set up his own studio

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Keywords: 1755, 1782, 1828, american, canvas, gilbert, grant, oil, painter, portrait, skater, stuart, william