to [John Henry Sheburne] re: the art of portraiture

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to [John Henry Sheburne] re: the art of portraiture

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GLC#
GLC06751
Type
Letters
Date
1825/07/11
Author/Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Title
to [John Henry Sheburne] re: the art of portraiture
Place Written
Charlottesville, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : blank Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

Returning a portrait of John Paul Jones by Charles Willson Peale (neither named in the letter) which he borrowed. Jefferson comments "I do not wonder that Commodore Dale and myself think differently of it's likeness to the same original. My opinion is that no two persons looking at the same face ever sees exactly the same features." With one-third of the address-leaf stub (not including the address). Recipient and portrait identified by Papers of Jefferson. Written in Monticello

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