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Hand-colored mezzotint engraved by Henry S. Sadd after a painting by Gilbert Stuart Image: 66.3x51.7 cm (26x20¼"); sheet: 72x57.5 cm (28½x22¾"). A competently colored mezzotint of the famous Gilbert Stuart Lansdowne portrait of George Washington. The Lansdowne portrait, by former-loyalist artist Gilbert Stuart likely (and fancifully) depicts President Washington's December 7, 1795 annual address to the Fourth U.S. Congress. The highly unpopular Jay Treaty, settling claims between the United States and Great Britain left over from the Revolutionary War, had been presented to the U.S. Senate for approval earlier in the year. Only two-thirds of the 30 senators (the minimum required under the U.S. Constitution) approved the treaty in mid-August, and Washington, who strongly supported the treaty, signed it in late August.