George Washington (After Gilbert Stuart), 19th C. Oil on Canvas standing object but it was originally created

but it was originally created (in the second half of the 19th century I believe) to house a cricket

with old handmade ones like this one priced quite dearly

and a beautiful long and lanky monkey he is

or to place in the entryway for catching newspapers

"The perfect gift for that Special DO-NOTHING Friend /  that Useless Necessity a Husband / that Absolute Necessity a Wiife / Designed for Those Who are Going in Either Direction and a Reduction Gear for Big Wheels

George Washington (After Gilbert Stuart), 19th C. Oil on Canvas standing object but it was originally createdFound just in the time for the 4th of July, this folk portrait of George Washington, based I believe of the earliest of Gilbert Stuart's Washington portraits: the Gibbs Channing Avery portrait, c. 1795. I love variations on a theme, and portraits of Washington are a great example many many out there, all a little different, and of interest at least as much for what they reveal about the painter as the subject. I love the glow y softness of this one,