According to the New-York Historical Society records, when John Vanderlyn arrived in New York City from Kingston, NY in 1792, he honed his painting skills by copying portraits by Gilbert Stuart ...

Gilbert Stuart painted the famous Lansdowne portrait ... Stuart landed in New York and produced portraits of such notables as Aaron Burr and John Jay, the nation’s first chief justice.

said Stuart Johnson, president of the Aaron Burr Association and a descendent of Aaron Burr’s first cousin. Once John Pierre and Charlotte Louisa were officially recognized, though, Sherri’s ...

Another is genetic testing: Using an Ancestry.com kit, Sherri Burr found ties between her DNA and that of Stuart Johnson that can be explained by only a shared descendance from Aaron Burr.

Starring in the sale was the 1795 portrait of Washington, one of several made by Gilbert Stuart ... and used in his famous 1804 duel with Aaron Burr are currently in the collection of JP Morgan ...