Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Gilbert Charles Stuart (born Stewart) (December 3, 1755 July 9, 1828) was an American painter from Rhode Island. Gilbert Stuart is widely considered to be one of America''s foremost portraitists. His best known work, the unfinished portrait of George Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, was begun in 1796 and left incomplete at the time of Stuart''s death in 1828. The image of George Washington featured in the painting has appeared on the United States one-dollar bill for over one century.