Revolutionary-Era Art and Artifacts

Abigail Adams

These two portraits depict Abigail Adams. The portrait by Benjamin Blyth was painted in 1766, two years after her marriage to John Adams.  The portrait on the right is by an unidentified painter after Gilbert Stuart, and was painted sometime between 1800 and 1814.

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Abigail Adams. Painted by Benjamin Blyth.
Abigail Adams. Painted by unidentified artist, after Gilbert Stuart.