Other editions of book Dolley Madison, Gilbert Stuart, and George Washington’s Portrait

This story, at its heart, is about a single event: Dolley Madison saving the Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington from certain destruction by the British. But as happens so often in history, one salient event clouds our view of the past. In this short publication you will learn how Dolley, once a pious Quaker widow, set the standard by which First Ladies would be held to for more than a century; how Gilbert Stuart who, due to a lack of technical skill, developed a style of portrait painting that would reach high art; and how Stuart captured the essence of George Washington and the spirit of representative democracy in his Lansdowne painting.Age range: 9th grade and above. Royalties are donated to nonprofit organizations.