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Image Not Available for Thomas Jefferson. Third President of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson. Third President of the United States.
Image Not Available for Thomas Jefferson. Third President of the United States.

Thomas Jefferson. Third President of the United States.

Date1830-1840
MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 x 10 5/16in. (30.5 x 26.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 9/16 x 13 5/16in. (44.6 x 33.8cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a man wearing a double-breasted coat, seated at a table. A tablecloth, papers, a quill pen, an inkwell, and books are on the table. Drapery tied back with a cord is in the left background.
Object number1970.44.13
InscribedLithographed title beneath image: "THOMAS JEFFERSON. / Third President of the United States". On verso: Inscribed in pencil, upper left: "1970.44.13"; upper right, "5289"; lower right: "Dwr 5" "Neg 2363" "Consv CPC 1987".NotesSource Note: The composition is based on a Gilbert Stuart portrait which the Kelloggs probably knew from the Pendletons lithograph or another print source. (Finlay 8/4/2006)
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