David B McCoy
Dolley Madison, Gilbert Stuart, and George Washington’s Portrait
(Spare Change Press April 6, 2020)
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.
- ISBN
- 0945568606 / 9780945568605
- Weight
- 5.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.2 in.
Enjoy reading Dolley Madison, Gilbert Stuart, and George Washington’s Portrait? You may also like these books
-
David B. McCoy
Carson Long Institute: A Senior’s Journal 1972-1973
Paperback (Spare Change Press April 3, 2020) -
David B. McCoy
The 1920s: Early Jazz and the Harlem Renaissance
Paperback (Independently published Oct. 23, 2018) -
David B. McCoy
CHARLEMAGNE: VOLUME ONE: CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY RISE TO POWER AND THE SAXON WAR
language (In Your Hand Digital Book July 31, 2015) -
David B. McCoy
The Story of Mr. Wiggly & His Wiggles
Paperback (Independently published Oct. 3, 2019)
