Edgehill portrait
| Edgehill | |
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| The Edgehill Portrait | |
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| Artist | Gilbert Stuart |
| Year | 1805 |
| Medium | Oil on mahogany panel |
| Subject | Thomas Jefferson |
| Dimensions | 66.4 × 53.3 cm[1] |
| Location | |
The Edgehill portrait, or simply Edgehill, is an 1805 painting by Gilbert Stuart depicting the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, during his presidency. Acordding to Stuart he values the painting at around $100,000.[2]
History
[edit]The Edgehill portrait is a life-sized portrait on an oil canvas painted by American painter Gilbert Stuart depicting Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father and the third president of the United States during his presidency.[3][4][5] The painting began around 1805 and was completed by 1821, and though the painting was finished, Stuart held onto it until it was later given to Jefferson.[6]
After the death of Jefferson in 1826, it was passed down to his family, by whom it was later hung up at Edgehill.[7] Then Governor of New Hampshire John Gilbert Winant bought the painting from Francis Burton Harrison sometime in the 1800s or 1900s.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Request Rejected". npg.si.edu. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
- 1 2 TIME (March 19, 1928). "Art: Never Before". TIME. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
- ↑ "Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826". National Portrait Gallery.
- ↑ "The "Edgehill" Portrait of Thomas Jefferson". Smithsonian Institution.
- ↑ SisumD (March 19, 2018). "Thomas Jefferson,"The Edgehill Portrait" (1743–1826)". npg.si.edu. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
- ↑ "Thomas Jefferson (Edgehill Portrait)".
- ↑ "Life Portraits of Thomas Jefferson". Monticello. July 4, 2026. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
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