Gilbert Stuart

Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) was an American painter known for his portraits, the most famous of which, depicting George Washington, has appeared on the U.S. one dollar bill for more than a century. He painted several other portraits of Washington, as well as other historical figures including Martha Washington, John Adams, Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and King George III.
==References==
* Stuart's portrait of Catherine Brass Yates, a Philadelphia socialite, appears in the Muppet Babies episode "The Muppet Museum of Art" when it gets sprayed with water from Monet's Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen by Baby Gonzo.
* One of Stuart's Washington portraits appears in front of the 123 Sesame Street stoop in The Street We Live On as a potential Sesame Street resident.
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