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The Skater (Portrait of William Grant), (painting). Artist:  Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828, painter. Title:  The Skater (Portrait of William Grant), (painting). Dates:  1782. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  96 1/4 x 58 in. (244.5 x 147.4 cm) Description:  Full-length portrait of William Grant (d. 1821), dressed in black, skating in a winter landscape. Other skaters are in the background. Subject:  Portrait male -- Grant, William -- Full length Occupation -- Law -- Lawyer Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Skating Landscape -- Season -- Winter Figure group Object Type:  Painting Owner:  National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1950.18.1 (1051) Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Grant, William, Congalton, Scotland (father, d. 1821) Grant, William, Congalton, Scotland (son, d. 1827) Pelham-Clinton, Charles, Mrs. (Elizabeth Grant), Pelham-Clinton, Charles Stapleton, Moor Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Pelham-Clinton, Charles Stapleton, Mrs. (Elizabeth), London, England Bordewich, John Stuart, Mrs. (Georgiana Elizabeth May Pelham-Clinton), London, England Remarks:  Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1950. References:  Miles, Ellen G., "American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995. National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970. "Barratt, Carrie Rebora, and Ellen G. Miles, "Gilbert Stuart," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, no. 6. Illustration:  Image on file. Miles, Ellen G., "American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995, pg. 165. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 107. "Barratt, Carrie Rebora, and Ellen G. Miles, "Gilbert Stuart," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004, no. 6. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 08600613   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 08600613 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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