Agreement Reached on Stuart Portraits

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Summary

Agreement is reached whereby the Smithsonian Institution purchases, jointly with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the portraits of George and Martha Washington painted by Gilbert Stuart.

Subject

  • Stuart, Gilbert 1755-1828
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1980. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981, p. 353.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 25, 1980

Topic

  • Acquisitions
  • Art
  • Controversies
  • Museums
  • History
  • Museums--Acquisitions
  • Art--History
  • Art objects

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