Houdon 12" White Thomas Jefferson Bust

Houdon 12" White Thomas Jefferson BustJean Antoine Houdon, the leading portrait sculptor of his age, had an uncanny ability to infuse his sculptures with the personalities of their subjects. This bust is a superb likeness of Thomas Jefferson when he was minister to France. Jefferson apparently thought well of the sculpture because he acquired a copy that he brought back to America. Our adaptation is cast in high density composite resin. 12"H with a white finish. Made in the U. S. A.

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and landscape history of the United States continues to the present day

He began the painting at Thomas Jefferson's residence in Paris

his preparations to face a lawsuit stemming from his decision as president to remove Edward Livingston from a valuable property in New Orleans

recruiting a publisher

As former Director of Gardens and Grounds at Monticello

Jefferson indulges in a "tirade" against a pamphlet by a New England clergyman

When Annette Gordon-Reed's groundbreaking study was first published

If you've never had Virginia peanuts before

and enslaved carpenter John Hemmings made examples at Monticello

It brings to life not only Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson but also their children and Hemings's siblings