Stuart Portraits Shipped Back to Boston

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Summary

The Gilbert Stuart Portraits of George and Martha Washington, on display at the National Portrait Gallery since 1980, are shipped to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This agreement, that the Museums share the portraits, and exhibit them on a rotating basis, was part of the plan worked out in 1980 when the two museums jointly purchased the paintings from the Boston Athenaeum.

Subject

  • Stuart, Gilbert 1755-1828
  • Washington, George 1732-1799
  • Washington, Martha 1731-1802
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)
  • United States President

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7098, "S. Dillon Ripley Chronology"
  • Torch, 7/1980, p. 1
  • Torch, 6/1983, p. 2

Contact information

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

Date

March, 1983

Topic

  • Art
  • Controversies
  • Cooperation
  • Portraits
  • History
  • National Collections
  • Art--History
  • Art objects

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