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Oil on canvas; height: 28.5 inches (72.4 cm), width: 23.63 inches (60 cm). U.S. Senate Chamber, Washington, DC.
This is one of two copies of the original half-length portrait of Jefferson that Sully painted in 1821.
Oil on canvas; height: 28.5 inches (72.4 cm), width: 23.63 inches (60 cm). U.S. Senate Chamber, Washington, DC.
This is one of two copies of the original half-length portrait of Jefferson that Sully painted in 1821.
In a land where horsemanship was often men’s touchiest point of pride, Jefferson had to admit he never saw Washington’s like for grace and control in the saddle. A froniter runner and Indian wrestler — his friend George Mercer described his frame as padded with well-developed muscles
— Washington had by 1774 refined mere energy down to a grace of least movement, the higher athleticism of the dance. And he danced well.