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Thomas Jefferson
Credit: National Gallery of Art
Original Author: Gilbert Stuart
Created: ca. 1821
Medium: Oil on wood

Thomas Jefferson

Gilbert Stuart painted this portrait of Thomas Jefferson about 1821—the third, and final, portrait the artist made of the former president. Jefferson served as president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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