Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Gilbert Stuart
Born: December 3, 1755
Died: July 9, 1828 (aged 72)
Bio: Gilbert Charles Stuart was an American painter from Rhode Island.
Known for:
- Lansdowne portrait (1796)
- The Skater (1782)
- Catherine Brass Yates (1794)
- Henrietta Marchant Liston (Mrs. Robert Liston) (1800)
- Ann Calvert Stuart Robinson (Mrs. William Robinson) (1804)