Martha Washington (1731-1802)(Athenaeum portrait)
First Lady (1789-1797)
This is the only existing likeness of Martha Washington, wife of George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart. He painted it in 1796, together with a similarly unfinished portrait of her husband, and kept the two paintings until his death.
Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828)
Oil on canvas, 1796
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Owned jointly with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
NPG.80.116
Enlarged image