Thomas Jefferson

1848/1879

George Peter Alexander Healy, after Gilbert Stuart

Associated Names
George Peter Alexander Healy

Painter, American, 1813 - 1894

Gilbert Stuart

Artist After, American, 1755 - 1828

This painting is a portrait of a seated man, seen from the waist up. The man's torso is turned slightly to the left, with his head turned to look at us. He has pale skin with high cheekbones, straight eyebrows, and thin lips set in a neutral expression. His hair is gray and appears to be tied in a low ponytail behind his head, with some curls around his ears. He is wearing a dark coat over a white shirt with a high collar. The background is blur of brown, and the chair he sits on is dark red.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas B. Bryan [1828-1906], Chicago; sold 26 April 1879 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2016 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1876

  • Interstate Industrial Exposition, Chicago, 1876.

1947

  • Loan to display at Jefferson Junior High School, Washington, March 1926 - June 1943 and school years (October to June) of 1947-1958.

1957

  • The Bryan-Corcoran Collection of Presidential Portraits, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 March - 1 September 1957.

1961

  • Loan to display at The White House, Washington, 1961-1965.

1965

  • Loan to display at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, 1965.

1966

  • Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 April - 30 September 1966, unpublished checklist.

1972

  • The Great Game of Politics, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 6 October - 6 November 1972, no. 3.

1977

  • Loan to display in the Cabinet Room, The White House, Washington, 1977.

Bibliography

1966

  • Phillips, Dorothy W. A Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings in The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Vol. 1: Painters born before 1850. Washington, 1966: 88.

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 301, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46627670

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