Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . , and all three painted duringhis stay in England, could be compared with the portraitspainted at the height of his success in this country, such asMr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Law, and Col. Smith. The per-sonalities of the sitters had great effect on Stuart. He wasa convivial man and loved companj^ and, without beingsnobbish, liked the companionship of those who had playedwell their part. How he must have enjoyed painting thelikeness of Gen. Gansevoort (illustrated) can be judgedfrom the canvas. The General, whose gallant defense ofFort Stanwix against St. Leger and a fo
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . , and all three painted duringhis stay in England, could be compared with the portraitspainted at the height of his success in this country, such asMr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Law, and Col. Smith. The per-sonalities of the sitters had great effect on Stuart. He wasa convivial man and loved companj^ and, without beingsnobbish, liked the companionship of those who had playedwell their part. How he must have enjoyed painting thelikeness of Gen. Gansevoort (illustrated) can be judgedfrom the canvas. The General, whose gallant defense ofFort Stanwix against St. Leger and a force of Indiansprevented the reinforcement of Burgoyne at Saratoga, andthus contributed no small part to bring about one of thefirst real successes of the continental army, is portrayed inhis uniform with the insignia of the order of the Cincinnatiin his buttonhole. In John Watts, he paints a wealthyNew York gentleman whose cultured face shoM^s the results ^* The Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart, by George C. Mason, 85. MRS. THOMAS B. LAW From the painting by GILBERT STUART, lent by Mr. Herbert Lee Pratt, for the exhibition of Early American Paintings at the Brooklyn Museum, of education and the activities of a long and brilliant Mrs. Thomas B. Law (illustrated), who was born ElizaParke Custis, a daughter of Washingtons adopted son,Stuart depicts a beautiful willful woman. Gossip has itthat she separated from her husband, but the cause is leftto surmise. It is also said that, while Stuart was paintingone of her family, she ran in from the garden and stoodas in the picture and Stuart made her stand until he hadcaught the pose. In examining the Watts portrait, whichis painted with unusual freedom of style, it would almostseem as if Stuart were trying his powers, while the admir-able portraits of old Mr. Samuel Myers and the youngerMr. Law show the smoothness and the sure touch whichsuccess had brought to the master. Thomas Birch (1770-1851) was represented by threehi
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