Lansdowne portrait of George Washington
This piece of art explains more about Gilbert Stuart than George Washington. ... If it was just a display of the portrait itself, I don’t think it would have any purpose or meaning to why it is put up in an exhibit without any context acquiring the portrait. ... Some are reading associated text to the portrait while some are reading/studying the visual. ... Twenty million dollars could have been spent more wisely than to purchase the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington. ... In some other cases, I could see why our government purchased that portrait of George Washington for such an amount.