The Classic Bust Portrait, so successful that Stuart painted many copies for income, of which this is one, ca. 1805. The original, unfinished portrait, now known as the "Athenaeum" type, painted from the sitting subject in Philadelphia in 1796, served as his prototype for numerous bust-length portraits made in his Boston studio over the next 30 years Oil on canvas, unsigned, in what appears to be the original gilt stepped frame, OS: 39 1/2" x 34 1/2", SS: 29 1/2" x 24 1/2", relined.