Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) to [John Henry Sheburne] re: the art of portraiture
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06751 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Place Written: Monticello Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1825/07/11 Pagination: 1 p. + blank 21.6 x 20 cm Order a Copy
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.
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