George Washington (Constable-Hamilton Portrait)

George Washington (Constable-Hamilton Portrait) is an oil on canvas painting by American artist Gilbert Stuart, made in 1797.

Although he is wearing a suit, instead of an army uniform, his sword on his lap indicates the president's military role, while the document signed G. Washington represents his position as a legislator and diplomat.

The painting can be interpreted as presenting the President as someone who must always be ready to defend his country with arms; but upon his sword is the document of the treaty, as a sign that it is the time of diplomacy.

The seascape, unparalleled in Stuart's portraits of Washington, refers to Alexander Hamilton's interest in American trade policy.

[2] After several owners, the painting was sold at Sotheby's New York City, on November 30, 2005, for US$8,136,000 to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, in Bentonville.