Gilbert Stuart : [this catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition "Gilbert Stuart", which has been organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. The exhibition is on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 21, 2004 - January 16, 2005 and for the National Portrait Gallery, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 27 - July 31, 2005]

""The most successful and resourceful portraitist of America's early national period, Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) possessed enormous natural talent, which he devoted to the representation of human likeness and character, bringing his witty and irascible manner to bear on each of his works, including his incisive portraits of George Washington. This publication accompanies a retrospective exhibition of Stuart's work, the first since 1967, and takes the standpoint that investigation of Stuart's sitters reveals the artist's practice of portraiture. His clients were facilitators of his progress, and knowledge of them is crucial to interpreting the artist's unique talents. The organization of this study follows Stuart through the eight cities in which he worked: Newport and Scotland (1755-75), London (1775-87), Dublin (1787-93), New York (1793-94), Philadelphia (1794-1803), Washington (1803-5), and Boston (1805-28). A short essay about the artist's experience in each city precedes catalogue entries on more than ninety portraits, all illustrated in color. A special section is devoted to Stuart's celebrated portraits of George Washington."--BOOK JACKET."

"Gilbert Stuart : [this catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition "Gilbert Stuart", which has been organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. The exhibition is on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 21, 2004 - January 16, 2005 and for the National Portrait Gallery, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 27 - July 31, 2005]"
"Gilbert Stuart"
"Gilbert Stuart : [this catalogue is published in conjunction with the Exhibition "Gilbert Stuart", which has been organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ... ; the exhibition is on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 21, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and, for the National Portrait Gallery, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 27 - July 31. 2005]"
"Gilbert Stuart : [published in conjuction with the exhibition "Gilbert Stuart" ... at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 21, 2004 - January 16, 2005; and, for the National Portrait Gallery, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 27 - July 31, 2005]"