International studio . erMorris house for thirty-three days, whileforts Washington and Lee were being con-structed and ships sunk to prevent the navi-gation of the Hudson by the enemy, foughtthe battles of Harlem Heights, White and Princeton before wintering inhis Morristown headquarters. If we accept the testimony of the famouspictures representing Washington during theRevolution, by every painter except Trum-bull, we must believe him to have been at thattime an old man near seventy, with venerablelocks and flabby cheeks and mouth distortedby bad dentistry. Whether represented
International studio . erMorris house for thirty-three days, whileforts Washington and Lee were being con-structed and ships sunk to prevent the navi-gation of the Hudson by the enemy, foughtthe battles of Harlem Heights, White and Princeton before wintering inhis Morristown headquarters. If we accept the testimony of the famouspictures representing Washington during theRevolution, by every painter except Trum-bull, we must believe him to have been at thattime an old man near seventy, with venerablelocks and flabby cheeks and mouth distortedby bad dentistry. Whether represented pic-torially as crossing the Delaware, or directingthe battle of Trenton from the back of hisgrey horse, or leaning on the rump of thesame steed at the siege of Boston, he has thesame old Stuart head set upon his youngshoulders like a grotesque mask. This newly discovered portrait is peculiarlyinteresting to its present owners, because itshows us General Washingtoii at forty-fourwhen he occupied the Roger Morris See page L for text. GEXERAL PETER GANSEVOORTBY GILBERT STUART Stuarfs Helpful Infirmity S TUARTS HELPFUL INFIRMITYBY MARRION WILCOX ( )NCE. when (iilbert Stuart wasstudying under Benjamin West in London,West said to his other pupils: It is of no useto steal Stuarts colours; if you want to paintas he does you must steal his eyes. Stuart himself, on another occasion, toldhis associates during the same period that hehad made up his mind not to follow anymaster, because, said he, I wish to find outwhat Nature is for myself, and see her withmy own eyes. This appears to me to be thetrue road to excellence. Of course, thisshows no failure on his part to appreciate thefull value of the gift West credited him young New Englander formed the reso-lution to trust his own eyes always because heknew, at the beginning of his career as wellas ever afterward, that they deserved his con-fidence absolutely. But if West had beenable to foresee Stuarts entire career he mig
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