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image of Thomas Jefferson
Gilbert Stuart (painter)
American, 1755 - 1828
Thomas Jefferson, c. 1821
oil on wood
Overall: 66 x 54.5 cm (26 x 21 7/16 in.) framed: 90.2 x 79.4 x 10.2 cm (35 1/2 x 31 1/4 x 4 in.)
Gift of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge IV in memory of his great-grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, his grandfather, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge II, and his father, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge III
1986.71.1
From the Tour: Gilbert Stuart Paints the First Five Presidents
Object 3 of 5
1879Mason 1879, 111-112, 207.
1880"Portraits Painted by Stuart...taken from Mason's Life and Works of Gilbert Stuart." In Exhibition of Portraits Painted by Gilbert Stuart. Exh. cat. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1880: 44, no. 334.
1892Bowen, Clarence W., ed. The History of the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington. New York, 1892.Brame/Reff 1984, 98, repro. opp. 150, 484.
1926Park 1926, 442, no. 445, repro.
1931Swan, Mabel Munson. "The 'American Kings'." Antiques 19, no. 4 (April 1931): 278-281, repro.
1933Gibbs, George. The Gibbs Family of Rhode Island and Some Related Families. New York: 148-149.
1940Swan, Mabel Munson. The Athenaeum Gallery, 1827-1873. Boston, 1940: 69.
1944Kimball, Fiske. The Life Portraits of Jefferson and their Replicas. Philadelphia, 1944: 517, fig. 15, 520-521.
1966Sadik 1966, 155-164.
1979Gustafson, Eleanor H. "Museum Accessions." Antiques 115, no. 5 (May 1979): 976-978, color repro.
1980American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 230, repro.
1980Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 8, repro.
1980Brown, J. Carter. "Five Gilbert Stuart Portraits At The National Gallery of Art Link Charlottesville To New England--The Coolidge Connection." The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia (23 September 1980): 10-11.
1981Meschutt, David. "Gilbert Stuart's Portraits of Thomas Jefferson." The American Art Journal 13, no. 1 (Winter 1981): 3-16, repro. fig. 10.
1987Bush, Alfred L. The Life Portraits of Thomas Jefferson. 2nd edition. Charlottesville, Virginia, 1987: 57-59.
1988Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington (rev. ed.), 1988: 10, repro.
1992American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 354, repro.
1995Miles, Ellen G. American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 265-266, 268-270, 273-275, color repro. 274.

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