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Original – 1782 painting commissioned by a young man named William Grant. Due to inclement weather, Stuart and Grant skated instead of doing a sitting for the painting. Stuart later painted Grant's head at the studio, and completed the remainder of the portrait from memory.
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High resolution (brushstrokes, excluding sfumato techniques, are visible), and visually intriguing (composition, period clothing, foreground/background, etc) painting by Gilbert Stuart (self portrait FP), painted in 1782. This painting is important and notable because it was not only his first successfully completed full-length portrait, it brought recognition to Mr. Stuart and allowed him to open up his own studio. (According to our article, this painting was completed at Benjamin West's studio.)
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The Skater + 3 others
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Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
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Gilbert Stuart

Promoted File:GSskater.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 17:48, 22 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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