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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 15, 1975
MEMORANDUM TO:
TED MARRS
JIM CANNON
JIM CONNOR
BOB GOLDWIN
RUSS ROURKE
WARREN RUSTAND
PAUL THEIS
FROM:
JACK MARSH July
Carter Brown came to see me in reference to the proposed exhibit
entitled, "The Eye of Thomas Jefferson" currently scheduled for
June 1 at the National Gallery of Art. Because of the forthcoming
visit about that same time of Giscard Estaing, he is suggesting a
change in the opening of the visit to the 31st of May.
He thinks it would be helpful to tie in the opening of this exhibit
with the visit of the President of France, who will be here at that
time to present the sound and light gift to Mount Vernon.
Carter said that as a part of their exhibit, they are planning on having
a French fireworks show similar to the type of display that would have
occurred during Jefferson's time. In fact the fireworks company who
will be making the fireworks for the display is the same company that
manufactured the fireworks that Jefferson observed when he was in
Paris.
Carter is very anxious to have Presidential participation in this event,
and I think it is something that should be seriously considered.
FORD is LIBRARY GENALD
AUG 26 1975
Revin R
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
T/m
August 25, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
TED MARRS your
We have been advised by Carter Brown that the
"Eye of Jefferson" exhibit will have its formal
opening on May 31 or June 1, 1976. The visit
of the President of France is scheduled for
around the 20th of May. Consequently, there is
no possibility of combining this event with the
French President's visit.
A schedule proposal for Presidential participation
oh!
in the opening of the "Eye of Jefferson" exhibit
has been placed in the system. However, we will
now amend that to reflect the new dates.
Suggest the Gescard d'Estaing visit and the "Sound
and Light" show be a separate proposal.
agree!
sent to T. hrs 9/9/75
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FORD is LIBRARY GERALD
SEP 13 1975
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
M
September 11, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
TED MARRS Jun
Attached is the Schedule Proposal which has been
turned in concerning "The Eye of Jefferson"
Exhibition.
Because of the separation of time between the
Giscard visit and the opening of the exhibition,
we have completely separated the two events and
are suggesting the President participate in the
J. Carter Brown dinner leaving the "Sound and
Light Show" to the government of France to suggest.
I'll keep you informed of progress.
Attachment
Dur intelligence is that
Giscard is going to
invote the President
to be involved.
Joh
ERALS the FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE
SCHEDULE PROPOSAL FOR THE PRESIDENT
DATE: AUGUST 4, 1975
WASHINGTON
FROM: TED MARRS
THRU: JACK MARSH
VIA: WARREN RUSTAND
ATTEND:
"The Eye of Jefferson" exhibit, and
deliver brief remarks
DATE:
August, 1976
PURPOSE:
To pay tribute to the cultural taste of
Jefferson which includes many international
works of art, most notably the "Venus de
Medici," and to give the President an
opportunity to recognize that side of
American life.
FORMAT:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
List of participants to be provided
45 minutes (10 minutes of remarks)
CABINET PARTICIPATION:
None
SPEECH MATERIAL:
Remarks to be provided by the Editorial
Division.
STAFF:
Jack Marsh
Ted Marrs
Robert Goldwin
Milt Mitler
RECOMMEND:
Jack Marsh
Ted Marrs
Robert Goldwin
Milt Mitler
OPPOSED:
None
PREVIOUS PARTICIPATION:
None
SERALE 8. FORD
PRESS COVERAGE:
Full press coverage
BACKGROUND:
"The Eye of Jefferson" show will be the
largest exhibit ever held in the Washington
National Gallery. It will have 400 to
500 paintings, drawings (including the
Design Competition drawings for the White
House) and models. There will also be
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pieces of furniture, a documentary film,
a book of 12 essays also issued as separate
tracts, 18th century style, and a catalogue
by about 20 scholars. On view from June 3
through September 6, 1976, this exhibit
will focus on Jefferson and his many
far-reaching visual interests that have
influenced this president, and through
him, have influenced the Nation.
Moving from the cultural and social
environment of Colonial Virginia, where
he spent his youth and formative years,
Jefferson grew to confront the political
realities of England, the source of the
very environment in which he had matured.
As minister to France, Jefferson moved
quickly and with utter assurance into the
intellectual and artistic scene of Europe
following his arrival there in 1784. That
scene involved lively interests in science,
archeology, national history, antiquities,
paintings, sculpture, architecture, land-
scape design, and city planning. He
pursued these interests not only in France,
but also in the other countries he visited
England, Germany and Italy. When he returned
to the United States in 1789, he brought
his interests to bear on the artistic
and cultural, as well as the political
development of his country.
The renowned third-century B.C. sculpture
known as the Venus de Medici from the
Galleria degli Uffiz, in Florence, Italy,
will be part of "The Eye of Jefferson."
The generosity of the Italian people is
demonstrated by the fact that the only
other comparable transatlantic event
involving a world masterpiece of sculpture
was the Vatican's loan of Michelangelo's
"Pieta" to the New York World's Fair in
1964.
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October 3, 1975
Dear Mr. Brown:
Through the courtesy of Jack Marsh, who forwarded
your letter to the President together with his
own personal endorsement, we have learned of your
invitation to the President to be present for the
Bicentennial salute "The Eye of Themas Jefferson™
sponsored by the National Gallery of Art on the
evening of May 31.
The President was pleased to have this appealing
invitation and while it is not possible to make
a commitment to you at present due to the many
variables in the President's schedule for next
year, we are carrying your invitation forward for
careful consideration. In the meantime, please be
assured of his deep appreciation for your thought-
fulness and his warm good wishes.
Sincerely,
Wiliaam W. Nicholson
Deputy Director
Scheduling Office
Mr. J. Carter Brown
Director
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C. 20565
GERALD FORD VIERARY
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 15, 1975
MEMORANDUM TO:
TED MARRS
JIM CANNON
JIM CONNOR
BOB GOLDWIN
RUSS ROURKE
WARREN RUSTAND
PAUL THEIS
FROM:
JACK MARSH Jane
Carter Brown came to see me in reference 20 the proposed exhibit
entitled, "The Eye of Thomas Jefferson" currently scheduled for
June 1 at the National Gallery of Art. Because of the forthcoming
visit about that same time of Giscard d'Estaing, he is suggesting a
change in the opening of the visit to the 31st of May.
He thinks it would be helpful to tie in the opening of this exhibit
with the visit of the President of France, who will be here at that
time to present the sound and light gift to Mount Vernon.
Carter said that as a part of their exhibit, they are planning on having
a French fireworks show similar to the type of display that would have
occurred during Jefferson's time, In fact the fireworks company who
will be making the fireworks for the display is the same company that
manufactured the fireworks that Jefferson observed when he was in
Paris.
Carter is very anxious to have Presidential participation in this event,
and I think it is something that should be seriously considered.
FOND
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C. 20565
August 1, 1975
Dear Mr. President:
On behalf of the Trustees of the National Gallery
of Art, I write to invite you and Mrs. Ford to be our
guests at the opening of "The Eye of Thomas Jefferson",
the Gallery's tribute to the nation's birthday. It
has received unprecedented support with major loans
and masterpieces coming from European as well as
American collections. Your own role in securing the
loan of the Venus de'Medici during your recent visit
with President Leoni is itself a major contribution to
the success of the exhibition.
I would appreciate it if the evening of June 1,
1976 could be marked on your calendar to participate
in a gala event. We are planning a special 18th Century
fireworks display on the Mall following an inaugural
dinner.
Respectfully yours,
Care
J. Carter Brown
Director
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
FORD
INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE BICENTENNIAL EXHIBITION: The Eye of Thomas Jefferson
Sir Francis Watson. Chairman Frederick J. Cummings Frederick D. Nichols Robert Rosenblum
W. Howard Adams
Italn Faldi
Merrill D. Peterson
Jean Seznec
James A. Bear, Jr.
Basil Greenbill
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner Adolf Max Vogt
J. Carter Brown
Hugh Honour
Jules David Prown
Gabriel White
Graham Hood
Pierre Rosenberg
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 18, 1975
MEMORANDUM TO:
WARREN RUSTAND
FROM:
JOHN KING
SUBJECT:
CARTER BROWN'S INVITATION
Attached is Carter Brown's invitation to the President to visit the
opening of "The Eye of Thomas Jefferson" exhibit. Also attached is Jack
Marsh's memo on the subject.
When Carter visited with Jack, his information was that President
Giscard's visit would overlap with the opening of the exhibit. He
therefore broached the possibility with Jack of tying in the opening of
the exhibit with the visit. Since then, I checked with the NSC and
learned that the dates for the Giscard visit are now set for May 17-20.
I called Carter, told him this, and asked whether this changed his
proposal. He mentioned that he cannot move the opening up because of
commitments from lenders, and that the best he could do would be to
offer to give Giscard a "sneak preview" of the exhibit during his visit.
Carter would still like to invite the President to attend the formal
opening of the exhibit on June 1st.
In case the 1st is not open, Carter could arrange for the opening to be
held on May 31st if that would be more convenient. Carter also men-
tioned that he will write to Jack Marsh describing these changes and the
reason for them.
Mr. Goldwin supports the President's attendance at the opening of the
exhibit on June 1st (or May 31st).
Attachments
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 1, 1976
Donna:
Here is the paper on the Eye
of Thomas Jefferson.
I have a more complete background,
if you need it.
Milt this Mitler
The exhibit opens to
the public on June Sth.
2740
THE EYE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
Of all the Founding Fathers, Jefferson alone sustained a life-
long commitment to the visual arts both for his own edification
and delight and for the cultural enrichment of this nation.
The aesthetic and intellectual environment in which his
eye and his imagination developed, and the works initiated and
produced by that development, form the subject of the
exhibition which will be opened at the National Gallery of
Art with a preview on the evening of June 1, 1976, beginning
at 8:30 PM.
The exhibition will envoke Jefferson's visual and intellectual
environment through painting, sculpture, drawings and prints,
books, decorative arts, architecture, and landscape design.
Examples will range from antique sculpture to silver and
furniture, and Jefferson's own drawings and designs will be
extensively represented. Approximately 550 pieces will be
included from more than 100 collections in Europe and
Northern America.
The exhibition has been organized by the National Gallery of
Art and is supported by a grant from the Exxon Corporation.
At approximately 10:00 PM, mini-buses will transport those
attending the preview from the Gallery to the Reflecting Pool
at the United States Capitol to view a spectacular pyrotechnics
display supposedly similar to that which Jefferson saw when he
was in France. In the event of rain, the fireworks display
will be held on Wednesday evening, June 2nd.
There will be special seating at the Reflecting Pool as well
as seating for the general public. It has been estimated that
some 70,000 people may attend that part of the event.
FORD
THE EYE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
A synopsis and revised checklist
of the exhibition to be held at
the National Gallery of Art,
June - September 1976.
William Howard Adams
FORD i LIBRA BERALD
December 1974
"You see I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts."
THE EYE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
A synopsis and checklist of
the exhibition to be held at
the National Gallery of Art,
June - September 1976.
William Howard Adams
"As this is the anniversary of our Independence our sensations of pleasure
are much increased from the idea that we are addressing ourselves to a man
who sustained so conspicuous a part in the immortal transactions of that
day "
Joel Barlow
Paris, July 4, 1789
RALD FORD
THE EYE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
INTRODUCTION
I.
THE LAND OF PROMISE: BRITISH AMERICA
1. Virginia
2. The Sister Colonies
II. THE BRITISH CONNECTION: A SUMMARY VIEW
1. London
2. Politics
3. Arts and Letters
4. Society
III.
THE PROGRESS OF THE HUMAN MIND
1. Science
2. Exploration
3. Antiquity
IV.
"OUR REVOLUTION"
V.
EUROPE: THE VAUNTED SCENE
1. Paris
Views of the City and Neighboring Areas
Political and Social Life
Intellectual and Artistic Life
French Revolution
2. Jefferson, Tourist
VI.
THE JEFFERSONIAN CREATION
1. Decorative Arts
2. Domestic Architecture
3. Public Buildings
4. Planning of Cities
5. University of Virginia
THE PLEASURES OF NATURE
(East Garden Court)
FORD
THE EYE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
Introduction
"Thomas Jefferson still survives."
John Adams
July 4, 1826
In his History of the United States, Henry Adams observed that while a few
broad strokes of the brush would paint the portraits of most of the early presi-
dents, "Jefferson could be painted only touch by touch." Even though this exhi-
bition will in no way attempt a full portrait, it will nevertheless reveal some
of the least known and subtlest facets of that remarkable, Renaissance mind --
his constant and searching study of the visual world, the informing curiosity
that fired his interest in the arts as well as the sciences, personifying the
creative public man par excellence. It would indeed be presumptuous to pretend
that "The Eye of Thomas Jefferson" encompasses more than a fragment of the field
of "vision" of Jefferson, since nothing seems to have been beyond it. It will
rather suggest, hint, evoke and in some few areas, make concrete, something of
that aesthetic and intellectual world which he saw, recorded, assimilated and
held to be an example -- both good and bad -- worthy of study by the New Republic.
To establish an immediate presence of the man and give a direct visual
impression of his achievements, the Introduction to the exhibition will draw the
visitor into the long undulating hall and elliptical room that he designed for
the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, a unique Jeffersonian space constructed
from his own plans. The entrance will be in the East Sculpture Gallery, and those
approaching through the east entrance of the building can simply cross the Garden
Court to reach the beginning of the exhibit. The atmosphere will be spare, dramatic
FORD
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and light, with only a few life portraits and the Houdon bust lining the way.
In the elliptical room there will be Trumbull's Declaration and the monumental
Sully portrait of Jefferson from West Point, placed on the axis with the entrance
to the exhibition. Some appropriate quotations, enlarged so as not to detain the
visitor, will be spaced along the curving walls.
From this introduction, the visitor will then move into the remote,
narrow, vanished colonial world in which Jefferson grew to maturity,
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I.
The Land of Promise British America
1. Virginia
"Certainly it must be a happy climate, since it is very near the same latitude
with the Land of Promise, "
Robert Beverly
The History of the Present
State of Virginia, 1705
"They were truly Attic societies."
Jefferson to L.H. Girardin
January 15, 1815
The largest colony in America, proud, old, settled in the Tidewater;
rough, plain and aspiring on its Piedmont frontier, the Virginia of Jefferson's
youth was, in his own words, "a country isolated from the European world, insulated
from its sister colonies, with whom there was scarcely any intercourse, little
visited by foreigners
"
It was on the frontier of this self-contained and yet divided "country,"
at Shadwell in the edge of the Piedmont, that Jefferson was born, the son of an
independent pioneer but through his mother, Jane Randolph, related to the great
and rich planter aristocracy whose center was the capital at Williamsburg.
This opening chapter will attempt to give some idea of the cultural, social
and aesthetic world of Jefferson's youth and formative years through a gathering
of Virginia paintings and objects spanning in time the years 1740 to 1770. To
establish the physical boundaries of this world, the first correct map of the
province, drawn in 1751 by Jefferson's father, the pioneer-explorer Peter Jefferson,
and Joshua Fry, Professor of Mathematics in the College of William and Mary, could
not be improved upon. "For the particular geography of our mountains I must refer
to Fry and Jefferson's map of Virginia," Jefferson wrote with some pride; elsewhere
he calls it "the first map of Virginia which had ever been made; that of Captain
RELD 8. FORD
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Smith being merely a conjectural sketch." A few family portraits - all
Randolphs and including Jefferson's first American ancestor, William
Randolph I -- will lead naturally to his circle of friends and relatives
among the gentry. "They trace their pedigree far back in England and Scotland,
to which let everyone ascribe the faith and merit he chooses." While there
are no portraits of Jefferson as a young boy, two of his childhood friends,
John Page, Jr. and Thomas Nelson, Jr., have come down to us in handsome
portraits from those early years. Indeed a number of appropriate Virginian
portraits of children from the period, such as the large Children of the
Honorable Philip Grymes and Mann and Elizabeth Page, will give this section
an air of youth that will be very appealing.
At the age of sixteen the young Jefferson left Shadwell for Williamsburg
and the College of William and Mary. "By going to the College," he wrote
his guardian, "I shall get a more universal Acquaintance, which may. hereafter
be serviceable to me; and I. suppose I can pursue my Studies in Greek and Latin
as well there as here, and likewise learn something of the Mathematics,"
In Williamsburg he was to find, as an English traveler of the time described
it, "one handsome street ... just a mile in length, where the view is terminated
by a commanding object each way; the Capitol
...
at one end of the street; and
the College of William and Mary, an old monastic building, at the other end.
About the center
...
stood the Palace, the residence of the Governor, a large,
commodious, and handsome building."
The personalities that moved between the Capitol, the Palace and the
College and the social and intellectual life that flourished there and on
the surrounding plantations will be evoked by some very good paintings and
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decorative arts of the period. Portraits will include Peale's George
Washington as Colonel in the Virginia Regiment; William Byrd II of Westover;
the three Royal Governors, Botetourt, Fauquier, and Dunmore; Speaker Peyton
Randolph; Mann Page and his wife of Rosewell, where Jefferson spent many days
with his friend, John Page, Jr.; the actress Nancy Hallam as she appeared in
the Williamsburg Theater; and even a copy of Correggio by Matthew Pratt which
was exhibited in Williamsburg in 1773. A small but fine selection of docu-
mented Virginia church silver will mark the presence of the Established Church
in colonial life and broaden the overall picture of Britain's largest and
most important American colony.
Architecture, like the world of nature, is a vital interest that runs
through Jefferson's life, and it is important to orchestrate this leitmotif
to accompany the major themes of the exhibit. Each principal section will
have a model of a building significant in Jefferson's own life or related to
his development as a student of architecture. "Architecture being one of the
fine arts," he observed in his Notes on the State of Virginia, "and as such
within the department of a professor of the college, according to the new
arrangement, perhaps a spark may fall on some young subjects of natural taste,
kindle up their genius, and produce a reformation in this elegant and useful
art."
Here Rosewell, the great Georgian mansion of the Page family built in
1730 on the York River, will be the architectural focus. Exemplifying the
Virginia manor house of the period on the grand scale, it happens to be a
house that Jefferson knew very well. "I reflect often with pleasure on the
philosophical evenings
...
at Rosewell." From its roof, where a good telescope
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was installed, he was introduced to astronomy, and it was here that the young
democrat exchanged some of his earliest political ideas, some say those of
the Declaration itself, with his friend John Page. A model of this important
early house, now a ruin, will contribute to the visual and intellectual con-
tent of this opening chapter.
Jefferson's early interest in music -- "the favorite passion of my soul --
is well known, and the vision of those evenings in the company of Governor
Fauquier, playing quartets at the Governor's Palace and drinking in the
Governor's example of "taste, refinement, and erudition," is one of the most
affecting glimpses of his sojourn in that "truly Attic" society. A fine
eighteenth-century harpsichord or early pianoforte and perhaps one or two
other instruments will underline this lifelong interest as well as give
visual variety to the selection of decorative arts.
To bring Jefferson into this first section, which covers a period
when no life portraits exist, a small selection of his earliest drawings
reflecting his interest in architecture, gardening and classical studies
will be presented, including a garden pavilion from Kent, the earliest
facade for Monticello, measured drawings of the Governor's Palace and
plans for new buildings at William and Mary. These will be augmented by
key books he is known to have collected and studied during this period, such
as Palladio's Four Books of Architecture and works of Morris, Gibbs, Chambers,
Whately and Shenstone. Portraits of Newton, Bacon and Locke, "the Trinity of
Immortals" whose sentiments he had copied into his Commonplace Book during
these formative years, will complete this brief statement on Jefferson's
education in the arts and philosophy.
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2.
The Sister Colonies
"I Speak the Sentiments of America."
Jefferson
Works
This subsection, paralleling in time the presentation of Virginia,
endeavors to portray something of the state of the arts in the colonies
during the decades preceding the Revolution, coinciding with Jefferson's
early years and education.
The paintings and decorative arts have been selected to indicate a
few of the high points of artistic achievement in the colonial centers of
Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Charleston. Colonial craftsmanship
will be represented by outstanding examples of furniture and silver. The
juxtaposition of the domestic scene in America with the British background
of Section II will be instructive and will delineate the state of the arts
in the political and cultural world of the colonies where Jefferson matured
and achieved his earliest renown. Jefferson's travel during this period
was limited but he did go to Annapolis, Philadelphia and New York in 1766,
enlarging his limited vision of the arts by the collections that he saw and
the architecture that he carefully noted.
As the visitor moves from this section into the larger scene of the
seat of Empire in London, Ramsay's official portraits of George III and
Queen Charlotte, versions of which were brought to Williamsburg by Lord
Dunmore, will provide the link or bridge and should flank the doorway exit.
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Vignette 1
The first of three slide presentations will footnote this opening section.
It is to be fast-paced and impressionistic, with little or no narration but
with contemporary quotes projected separately to give it structure. The
slides themselves will be an unstructured assembly of architectural details,
frontier artifacts, fabrics, farm equipment of the period, mountains, rivers,
unbroken wilderness panoramas, anomymous faces from paintings of the period
and engravings from books, including Catesby's Natural History, giving a
rich, various picture of the physical world that Jefferson grew up in but
which was not recorded in paintings and drawings. Here we will see Tuckahoe,
the schoolroom where he first studied, the site of Shadwell, the Blue Ridge
Mountains, houses that he knew, the ruins of Rosewell, plates from books he
owned, all carefully edited SQ that each object, view and engraving will
have some legitimate historical association with Jefferson's world as he
knew it during this period. Where possible, these familiar scenes will be
shown as they now appear in the twentieth century.
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II.
The British Connection: A Summary View
"Great Britain was their country as much as America. Many of them had
been born there; multitudes of them had been educated there
They
were the Countrymen
...
of Bacon, Locke, and Newton -- of Shakspeare
and Milton
The noble benefactions and accumulations of ages in
philanthropy and in art, in many a priceless collection, were theirs.
The ancient public and private customs --- the traditions and prejudices --
the social maxims -- the bravery and loyalty in man -- the stainless
faith in women -- the happy and inviolable homes -- which were the
birth rights of Englishmen, were theirs."
Henry Randall
Life of Thomas Jefferson
In the classifications of history and the generalizations with
which we attempt to arrange the past into some order, divisions are
made for seeming clarity. Kings, wars, heroes, scientific achievements
and artistic watersheds are neatly grouped in ages, periods and movements.
One of the special advantages of an exhibition encompassing the life
of a personality such as Jefferson is to break down those verbal, intel-
lectual barriers and to let the viewer discover new insights and reorganize
his "conventional wisdom," reinforced with works of art that communicate
whole worlds of the past freed from traditional compartments.
An undesirable division and remoteness exists in the minds of many
people between the colonial world that produced Jefferson, Adams, Franklin,
Madison and Washington and the Empire of Great Britain -- of George III and
Dr. Johnson, of Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Burney, of Garrick and Reynolds,
Robert Adam and the Royal Academy.
In a sense, this section is a continuation of the exploration of the
visual, intellectual and social world in which Jefferson grew up three
thousand miles from its political, social and cultural center.
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The city of London on the eve of the Revolution; the British political
background, particularly as it relates to the colonies; members of the high
Whig society at ease in their country seats and townhouses; the best examples
of paintings, drawings and watercolors of the period roughly paralleling
the first section (but including Jefferson's one visit to England in 1786)
will all be introduced here, as well as the leading artists of the period
who recorded the chief personalities that figured in Jefferson's life.
In order to keep this section in appropriate scale, Jefferson's tour
of English gardens and country houses will be included in a later section
devoted to his travels. The topographical views of London will, however,
allude to scenes Jefferson undoubtedly saw or actually commented upon during
his brief stay.
The architectural reference will be views of Chiswick, the English villa
which Jefferson visited and had early plates of, and which was, of course,
inspired by his earliest architectural mentor Andrea Palladio. In the
concluding section of the exhibition, where the competition drawings for
the President's House will be shown, Jefferson's own entry echoes both
Chiswick and the Villa Rotonda in its plan and elevation. A drawing by
Kent in this later section will link Chiswick to Jefferson's architectural
antecedents.
High style Chippendale pieces selected for a drawing room and
Adam dining-room furniture showing early classical influence, along with
some silver and porcelain, will enrich this section.
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IV.
"Our Revolution"
"You and I, my dear friend, have been sent into life at a time when the
greatest lawgivers of antiquity would have wished to live. How few of
the human race have ever enjoyed an opportunity of making an election
of government
"
John Adams
Thoughts on Government in a Letter
from a Gentlemen to his Friend
Philadelphia, 1776
" we utterly dissolve & break off all political connection which may
have heretofore subsisted between us & the people or parliament of Great
Britain; and finally we do assert and declare these colonies to be free
and independant states, and that as free & independant states they shall
hereafter have power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances,
establish commerce, & to do all other acts and things which independant
states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration we
mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, & our sacred
honour.
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Jefferson
Declaration of Independence
Original Rough Draft, 1776
The Revolution will be presented through the works of Trumbull, a few
portraits and sculptures of American, British and French officers, and a
small selection of French works recording military events. It will be
kept in scale with Jefferson's own limited role in the military aspects
of the event. Trumbull's scenes from the Revolution, so intimately connected
with Jefferson's interest in and patronage of the young artist in Paris, along
with portraits of the French officers Lafayette, Chastellux and Rochambeau,
who made up an important part of his circle of friends in Paris, will provide
the bridge to the section that follows.
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V.
Europe: The Vaunted Scene
"Behold me at length on the vaunted scene of Europe! It is not necessary
for your information that I should enter into details concerning it. But
you are perhaps curious to know how this new scene has struck a savage of
the mountains of America."
Jefferson to Bellini
September 30, 1785
1. Paris
From his arrival in Europe in 1784 to his departure in 1789, Jefferson
entered upon a totally new phase of his education and development in the
arts, With Maria Cosway, the Adamses, Trumbull, Bulfinch, William Short
or alone, he was to devote every spare moment to the pursuit of paintings,
sculpture, architecture, antiquities, landscape design and city planning.
For the first time he was actually to see and experience all those things
he knew secondhand from books and engravings. It was a turning point in
his development as architect and landscape-design enthusiast.
An important part of this section will be given over to exploring the
actual works of art he discovered in Paris, notably in the Salons of 1785,
1787 and 1789. Some thirty paintings and drawings from these exhibitions
will be hung in the style of the period, in close rank from floor to ceiling,
and together with the sculpture will recreate something of the Salon atmo-
sphere. Paintings and architectural drawings will also document Paris
topography and the buildings which actually influenced Jefferson's own later
work, such as Chalgrin's Saint-Philippe du Roule and Ledoux's Pavilion for
Mademoiselle Guimard. Other architects whose work interested Jefferson
include Boullée, Rousseau and Clérisseau, and examples of their works will
carry forward the architectural theme. The impressive Roberts from the Salon
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of 1785 will further highlight the contemporary interest in antiquities and
archaeology. Portraits of the personalities that Jefferson knew, including
members of the Court of Louis XVI, ministers of state and intellectual and
artistic figures will also give a fair survey of French painting during the
period without manipulating the selection of artists or subjects. Following
the Salon evocation, a small gallery will be devoted to works of art Jefferson
specifically commented upon and admired, including Houdon's Diana, Diana and
Endymion by Michael-Angelo Slodtz, and paintings by Van Der Werf.
For the model in this section, the river façade of the Hotel de Salm,
because of its influence on the rebuilding of Monticello, will be constructed.
"While in Paris," Jefferson wrote, "I was violently smitten with the Hôtel de
Salm, and used to go to the Tuileries almost daily to look at it."
Jefferson's earliest portrait by Mather Brown and those of John Adams
and Bulfinch done at the same time will be reunited in this section. Only
those events of the French Revolution that Jefferson saw or recorded will
be covered here, beginning with the events leading up to the Revolution
and concluding with the demolition of the Bastille.
French furniture collected by Americans during the early years of the
Republic, notably by Jefferson himself, Gouverneur Morris, Washington,
Monroe and the merchant Swan, will be assembled to illustrate the decorative
arts of the period. A few pieces of furniture commissioned by Louis XVI
for Washington but not delivered will also be included.
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Vignette 2
The second vignette, again of slides and brief narrative, will present
a picture of the creative architectural ferment of Paris during the critical
decade of Jefferson's residence there. It is a subject that should be
explored in some depth, with photographs of surviving buildings and an
explanation of the importance of French theory and practice to the Neo-
Classical style then emerging.
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2.
Jefferson, Tourist
Jefferson's travels in France, England, Germany, Italy and Holland
are famous and well-documented. Topographical views of the cities he
visited, historic sites. and scenes of antiquity will highlight a recon-
struction of his itineraries. His friendship with Maria Cosway, who shared
some of these travels, will be touched on in this part of the exhibit by
including her portrait and the portrait of Jefferson which she prevailed
upon Trumbull to copy for her from his original and which still hangs in
the convent she founded in Italy. Portraits of other traveling companions
will also be assembled.
The English garden tour of 1786 with John Adams will be a self-
contained interlude and will provide a natural link to the next section,
"The Jeffersonian Creation."
A wall map showing Jefferson's travels will greet the visitor at
the start of this section.
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VI. The Jeffersonian Creation
"It is not flattering to say that you have planted the arts in your country.
The works already created are the monnments of your judgment and your zeal
and of your taste. The first sculpture that adorns an American public
building perpetuates your love and your protection of the fine arts."
Latrobe to Jefferson
August 13, 1807
"You see I am an enthusiast on the subject of the arts. But it is an
enthusiasm of which I am not ashamed, as it's object is to improve the
taste of my countrymen, to increase their reputation, to reconcile to
them the respect of the world, and to procure them it's praise."
Jefferson to Madison
September 20, 1785
In this closing portion, an American president will be presented for
the first time as a major artist. Jefferson's contributions to architecture,
the decorative arts, the planning of cities and landscape design will be
fully explored through his drawings and through photographs of surviving
buildings.
As a possible order of organization, the first gallery might be devoted
to all of Jefferson's designs and commissions in the decorative arts: the
tea urn, the silver goblets, furniture, and window treatments for Monticello.
Where possible, the actual objects and the sources of their design, along
with the drawings, will give this segment a scholarly dimension never
presented before.
The design and production of commemorative medals was yet another
interest of Jefferson's eye and imagination. In 1780 he caused to be
executed a medal for Virginia. His role in the design of the medals of
the Revolution is well known, and during his administration the production
of Indian peace medals was regularized. A group of these medals and
original designs will be introduced at this point in the exhibition.
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From the presentation of Jefferson's decorative designs, the visitor
will then move into a gallery devoted to his contributions to domestic
architecture, where we shall assemble the largest exhibition of his drawings
ever organized. Since they are small and can be mounted in groups, we shall
be able to have a great many examples, showing Jefferson's range, growth
and creative achievements. In addition, enlarged photographs of the houses
along with details and interiors will be mounted next to the original
drawings. Not only will the visitor see elevations but a myriad of details
that could not be singled out or shown in any other way. Moldings, orders,
doors, upper windows, site plans, privies, outbuildings; larders, all the
utilitarian areas of these houses that the public could never possibly
visit or see can be shown in photomurals.
Because Poplar Forest is considered by many to be Jefferson's finest
design, a model of it will be included at this juncture along with Monti-
cello, The evolution of the design of Monticello will be presented through
both enlargements of original drawings and photographs. Other houses
documented will be Farmington, Barboursville and Bremo.
More than one hundred of Jefferson's architectural drawings from the
Massachusetts Historical Society, the University of Virginia and the
Library of Congress have been committed to the exhibition, allowing the
third President to be presented as an accomplished artist and architect.
A high point in this last section will be Jefferson's public buildings
at Richmond and Washington. Latrobe, Mills, Hadfield and Thornton will be
introduced through their portraits and works that relate to Jefferson's own
personal interests, including the capitols of Richmond and Washington, the
President's House, and other public buildings of the new Federal City.
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All of the competitive drawings for the President's House, including
Hoban's winning and Jefferson's losing designs, will be presented as a group
for the first time, not only for their historic interest but as a survey of
the generally limited state of architectural thinking that existed at this
period, in contrast to Jefferson's own bold, avant-garde conceptions.
Plates from Palladio, Morris, Piranesi, Chambers and others will be
shown as they relate to Jefferson's own works, in some cases enlarged and
silk-screened for visual interest in the galleries.
The closing statement of this section and of the exhibition will be
an exploration of the creation of the University of Virginia through
original drawings, plans, enlarged photographs and the relevant sources for
Jefferson's inspiration. Here, enlarged and dramatic wall photographs will
be used to convey something of the space, scale and ingenuity of this, the
supreme statement of Jefferson's imagination.
Vignette 3
The planning of cities is an important aspect of Jefferson's creativity,
particularly as it shaped Richmond and Washington, but the scale of these
projects make them difficult to present visually and clearly. The third
vignette will focus on the planning of Washington and Jefferson's role in
the enterprise as Secretary of State.
The Library of Congress is lending the earliest views of Washington,
and these along with a portrait of L'Enfant and an early map of the city
will be the principal original works.
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The Pleasures of Nature
(East Garden Court)
"The greatest service which can be rendered any country is, to add a useful
plant to its culture."
Jefferson
Letters
"Mr. Madison and myself
visited
the principal scenes of General
Burgoyne's misfortunes.
We were more pleased, however, with the
botanical objects which continually presented themselves.'
Jefferson to Thomas Mann Randolph
June 5, 1791
"My old friend Thouin of the National garden at Paris has sent me 700
species of seeds. I suppose they will contain all the fine flowers of
France, and fill all the space we have for them
"
Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph
October 18, 1808
"I take the liberty of making it known to the botanist by the name of
Jeffersonia, in honour of Thomas Jefferson, Esq., Secretary of State
I have had no reference to his political character
My. business
was with his knowledge of natural history. In the various departments
of this science, but especially in botany and in zoology, the information
of this gentleman is equalled by that of few persons in the United-States. "
Benjamin Smith Barton
Transactions of the
American Philosophical Society, 1793
Botany and natural history were consuming interests of Jefferson
throughout his life. The strange flora and fauna of colonial Virginia
spawned both amateur and serious students among its earliest settlers. The
subject was well covered in the early libraries, and Jefferson's own holdings
were comprehensive for the period. Clearly it is a subject that should be
present as an integral part of the exhibition, and the central position of
the East Garden Court will make it the perfect setting for a Jeffersonian
botanical garden. Along the arcade, the wall space will be used for
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contemporary drawings and plates of botanical and natural history subjects.
Portraits of the explorer-naturalist von Humbolt and Linneaus; Rubens Peale
with the first geranium plant in America; sketches of plants gathered by
the Lewis and Clark Expedition; and the Frederick Church painting of
Natural Bridge, which Jefferson once owned, will provide some moments of
visual delight. Houdon's bust of Buffon, whose attacks on American species
in part provoked the writing of Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia,
will find a logical setting.
Jefferson is a key figure in the early development of landscape
architecture in America. Before the Revolution he was composing plans
on the grand scale for his county seat. His ideas were further developed
and refined during his five years in Europe, where he took every opportunity
to study and observe the art. A presentation of Jefferson's interests and
contribution in this field, along with historical sources, will be included
in this section through drawings, engravings and photographs.
It is intended that the garden can be entered from four different parts
of the exhibition and thus be used as a place to rest, where the visitor
will be refreshed with a visual change. Garden furniture will be specially
constructed from Jefferson's own designs. An aviary in the center will
contain his favorite mockingbirds, "which he cherished with peculiar fond-
ness," a diarist of the period recorded. "It was a constant companion of
his solitary and studious hours [in the White House]. Whenever he was
alone he opened the cage and let the bird fly around the room
...
when
he retired to his chambers it would hop up the stairs after him and while
he took his siesta, would sit on his couch and pour forth its melodious
strains."
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The fountain figure in the Garden Court is from the garden of
Versailles and is appropriately from a garden Jefferson knew quite well
and often visited with pleasure.
The plantings will include not only specimens of Jefferson's own
favorite plants and special American varieties that he collected, but
also some of the European varieties that he received regularly from
"his particular botanical friend[s]," including the Comtesse de Tesse,
whose garden and house outside Paris, designed by Boullée, were a
botanical paradise where Jefferson spent much time and contributed
many specimens.
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INTRODUCTION
*Houdon
AB Jefferson 1789
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
*Peale, R.
AB Jefferson 1800
The White House
*Sully
AB
Jefferson 1822
U.S. Military Academy, West Point
*Trumbull
IJ
Sketch for the Declaration of Independence 1786
Yale University Art Gallery
*Trumbull
IJ
Declaration of Independence 1786-1797
Yale University Art Gallery
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I. THE LAND OF PROMISE: BRITISH AMERICA
1. Virginia
*Bridges
TT
Children of the Honorable Philip Grymes
Virginia Historical Society
*Chamberlain
TT
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
*
WHA Frenchman's Map of Williamsburg 1782
College of William and Mary facsimile
*Fry and Jefferson
Map 1751
Wilton, Richmond
*Attributed Hesselius
TT
Mary Randolph
Virginia Historical Society
*Attributed Hesselius
TT
William Randolph I
Virginia Historical Society
*Hoare
RW
Lord Botetourt
Duke of Beaufort
*Hogarth
RW
An Election 1755-1758
four engravings
National Gallery of Art, Washington
*Jefferson
FN
Early Drawings for Monticello
Nichols 28 and 29
Massachusetts Historical Society
*Jefferson
FN
Study for plan of a rotunda house
(probably a new Governor's Palace
Huntington Library facsimile Nichols 420
*Jefferson
FN
"Plan for an addition to the College of
William and Mary " facsimile
Huntington Library Nichols 421
*Jefferson
FN
Measured Plan of Governor's Palace,
Williamsburg Nichols 422
Massachusetts Historical Society
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*Jefferson
FN Study for remodeling Governor's Palace
with temple-form roof and two pediments.
Massachusetts Historical Society Nichols 425
*Kneller
TT William Byrd II
Virginia Historical Society
*Kneller
RW John Locke
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
*Larkin
RW Sir Francis Bacon
Sir Edmund Bacon
*Peale, C.W.
CS Nancy Hallam as Imogen in "Cymbeline"
Colonial Williamsburg
*Peale, C.W.
CS George Washington as Colonel in the 22nd
Regiment of Virginia 1772
Washington and Lee University
*Pratt, After Correggio WC Madonna of St. Jerome 1764-1766
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Ramsay
RW George III
British Embassy, Washington
Ramsay
RW Queen Charlotte
British Embassy, Washington
*Reynolds
RW Lord Dunmore
Mrs. E. Murray, Edinburgh
*After Rysbrack
RW Bust of Sir Isaac Newton bronze
anonymous
*Wilson
RW Governor Fauquier
Coram Foundation, London
*Wollaston
TT John Page, Jr.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on loan from
the College of William and Mary
*Wollaston
TT Mann and Elizabeth Page
Virginia Historical Society
*
Original Gold Medal for Classical Studies
Awarded by Lord Botetourt
Virginia Historical Society
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*Unknown
TT
Isham Randolph
Virginia Historical Society
*
FN Model of Rosewell
Decorative Arts
Jefferson
Architect's Table
Monticello
Music:
Kirkmann
Harpsichord
Mrs. Charles F. Willis, Washington
Hawkins
Piano 1801
Smithsonian Institution
Preston
Guitar
Smithsonian Institution
Jefferson
Music Stand
Monticello
Furniture:
*Secretary-Desk, Eventon, Virginia 1760-1780.
John R. Gwathmey, Burlington Plantation, Virginia.
Armchair, Virginia.
Mary Washington House, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
*Cellarette, Southern.
Colonial Williamsburg.
*Blanket Chest, Southern.
Colonial Williamsburg.
* Pair of Side Chairs, Virginia.
Virginia Historical Society.
*Benjamin Waller Chair.
Colonial Williamsburg.
SERVICE 8. FORD
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*Side Chair, Virginia.
Colonial Williamsburg.
Silver, Secular:
Two Beer Cans, London 1753-1754.
Mrs. John F. Brown, Warwick, Rhode Island.
*Coffee Pot, John Jacob, London 1734-1735.
anonymous
Cake Basket, London 1752-1753.
Mrs. John F. Brown, Warwick, Rhode Island.
*Tankard with Peyton Randolph Arms.
Colonial Williamsburg.
*Salver with Peyton Randolph Arms.
Colonial Williamsburg.
Silver, Ecclesiastical:
*Paten, Richard Gurney, London 1751-1752.
College of William and Mary
*Cup and Cover, Pierre Harache, London 1686.
College of William and Mary.
*Chalice, Flagon and Alms Basin, Thomas Heming, London 1764-1767.
Bruton Parish Church.
*Chalice and Paten, London c.1660.
Bruton Parish Church,
*Basin, London 1739-1740.
Bruton Parish Church.
*Paten, Benjamin Pyne, London 1691-1692
Bruton Parish Church
Books
Bacon
Essays 1663
Chambers
Treatise on Civil Architecture 1759
Cicero
De officiis 1614
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Coke
Four Parts of the Institutes of the Laws of
England 1639, 1662, 1670, 1648 3 vols.
Dezallier
d'Argentville,
trans. James
The Theory and Practice of Gardening 1728
Gibbs
A Book of Architecture 1728
Hutcheson
An Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of Beauty
and Virtue 1753
Kames
Elements of Criticism 1765 2 vols.
Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia 1785
Kent
The Designs of Inigo Jones 1727 vol. 1, p1. 73
Locke
Letter on Toleration 1790
Morris
Select Architecture 1755
Newton
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica 1760
Ovid
Metamorphoseon 1751
Palladio, ed. Leoni
The Architecture of A. Palladio 1715 2 vols.
Plutarch
Lives 1517-1564 13 vols.
Seneca
Opera (selection) 1782-1795 10 vols.
Book of Common Prayer 1662
2, The Sister Colonies
*Benbridge
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1773-1774
National Portrait Gallery, Washington
*Copley
Portrait of Mary Toppen 1763
Yale University Art Gallery
*Copley
Young Lady with a Bird and a Dog 1767
Toledo Museum, Toledo
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*Hesselius
Charles Calvert 1761
Baltimore Museum
*Peale, C.W.
CS
William Buckland 1774-1787
Yale University Art Gallery
*Peale, C.W.
CS
John Beale Bordley c. 1770
Mr. Robert L. McNeil, Philadelphia
*Peale, C.W.
CS
Colonel John Harleston 1775
anonymous
*Pratt
TT
Mary Jemima Balfour 1773
Virginia Historical Society
*Pratt
TT
James Balfour 1773
Virginia Historical Society
Stuart
Francis Malbone and His Brother Saunders 1773-1775
Mrs. Francis Malbone Blodget
*Theus
John Faucheraud Grimke c1762-1764
Mr. James A. Williams, Savannah
*Theus
Ralph Izard as a Boy c. 1753
Mr. and Mrs. Ray J. Efird, Atlanta
Decorative Arts
Furniture:
*Highboy and matching Lowboy, Philadelphia.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
*Secretary-Desk, Charleston.
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts,
*Secretary-Desk, Massachusetts.
Essex Institute, Essex, Massachusetts.
Card Table, New York.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Tripod Table, Philadelphia,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
*Secretary, Massachusetts
American Antiquarian Society
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*Chairs, Philadelphia.
Colonial Williamsburg.
Silver:
Coffee Pot, Philip Syng, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Museum.
*Cake Basket, Myer Myers, New York.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
*Coffee Pot, Paul Revere, Boston 1773.
Worcester Art Museum.
Salver, Sugar and Creamer, Paul Revere, Boston.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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II. THE BRITISH CONNECTION: A SUMMARY VIEW
1. London
*Canaletto
RW
London Seen through an Arch of Westminster
Bridge 1746-1747
Duke of Northumberland
*Canaletto
RW
"The Lord Mayor's Procession, The Thames at Westminster
Bridge, 1746" Paul Mellon
*Collett
RW
Temple Bar from the West C. 1760
Earl of Jersey, Channel Islands
*Marlow
RW View of Whitehall looking North-East
Paul Mellon
*Marlow
RW
Ludgate Hill Looking Towards St. Paul's
Bank of England
C., 1775
*Sandby
RW
St. Paul's, Covent Garden, seen through the Arches of
the Piazza
Paul Mellon
2. Politics
*Copley
RW
Death of the Earl of Chatham 1779
National Gallery of Art, Washington
*Dance
RW
Lord North
National Portrait Gallery, London
*Gainsborough
RW
Pitt C. 1787
Paul Mellon
*Nollekens
RW
Fox 1792
Paul Mellon
*Ramsay
RW
Earl Temple
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
*Reynolds
RW
Burke 1767-1769
Earl Fitzwilliam
West
Death of Wolfe
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Zoffany
RW
Wilkes and His Daughter
Sir Humphrey Sherston-Baker
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Decorative Arts
Furniture: EH
* Table, 1755-1760, 65.155.28
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
* Kneehole Desk, c.1755, 1971.203
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
* Sofa, c.1740, 51.186.3, Untermeyer catalogue
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Side Chair with strapwork splat en suite with above, c.1740
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 51.186.2, Untermeyer catalogue pl. 97
* Armchair, Chippendale, ribbon back, c.1750, 57.41.1
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
* Tea Table, 64.101.1097
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Untermeyer catalogue fig. 255
Pair of brackets, c.1755, 64.101 1173 1174 fig 354
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Fire Screen, c.1760, 65.155. 10
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
*Dressing Table, English
Colonial Williamsburg
*Pair of upholstered armchair, c.1755
Colonial Williamsburg
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*Mirror, Chinoiserie
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Books
Burke
Thoughts on the Present Discontents 1770
Fox
Speeches
Journal of the House of Lords with Chatham's Last
Speech
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Wilkes
No. 45 of the 'North Briton' 1763
North
Conciliatory Proposals of 1775, to which
Thomas Jefferson replied
3. Arts and Letters
*Reynolds
RW Dr. Charles Burney 1781
National Portrait Gallery, London
*Reynolds
RW Sir William Chambers 1780
Royal Academy, London
Reynolds
RW Dr. Johnson 1770
Mrs. Donald Hyde, New York
*Reynolds
RW The "Out of Town" Party 1759
Bristol Art Gallery
*Reynolds
RW James Macpherson 1772
Lord Egremont
*Zoffany
RW David Garrick as Lord Chalkstone, Ellis Ackman
as Bowman. and Astley Bransby as Aesop in
"Lethe" C. 1766
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Books
Macpherson ("Ossian") The Poems of Ossian 1784-1785
Burney
A General History of Music 1766-1789 4 vols.
The Present State of Music in France and Italy 1771
Johnson
Dictionary 1775 2 vols.
Kent
Inigo Jones, open at Chiswick
Gaelic Bible sent by Charles Macpherson to Jefferson
Adam, Robert and James The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam
Esquires vol. 1, 1778
Chambers
Designs of Chinese Buildings. 1757
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4. Society
*Hogarth
RW
The March of the Guards 1746
Coram Foundation, London
*Lambert
RW
Chiswick, View from the South-West 1742
Duke of Devonshire
*de Loutherbourg
RW
A Midsummer's Afternocn with a Methodist
Preacher 1777
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
de Loutherbourg
RW
Warley Camp: The Mock Attack 1779
The Royal Collection, London
*de Loutherbourg
RW
Coalbrookdale by Night
Science Museum, London
Stubbs
RW
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson of Hull with Their Hunt
Servants c. 1757
Paul Mellon
*Wheatley
RW
The Browne Family c.1778
Paul Mellon
*Zoffany
RW
The Dutton Family C. 1765
Honorable Peter Samuel
*Zoffany
RW
The Sharp Family on a Yacht on the Thames
Miss Olive Lloyd-Baker
1779-1781
*Zoffany
RW
John Peyto, 14th Baron Willoughby de Broke
and Louisa His Wife 1771-1772
Lord Willoughby de Broke, London
Zoffany
RW
Queen Charlotte and Two Princes c.1773
Royal Collection, London
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Decorative Arts (3 and 4)
Furniture: EH
* Sideboard c.1775, 64.101.893, Untermeyer catalogue pl. 30
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Pair of Urns c.1775, 64.101.894
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
* Pedestals c.1775, 64.101.895
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Side Table c.1770, 11.117.5
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
* Urn, c.1775, 11.117.8
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
* Card Table, 1770, 11.117.5
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
*
Pair of Candle Stands, c.1765, 64.101. 1056 a,b; 1057 a,b; fig. 210
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Silver: RW
Pair of Candlesticks, John Carter after a design by Adam, London 1767
Temple Newsam House, Leeds
Pair of Candelabra, John Carter after a design by Adam, London 1774
Lloyd's of London
Cup and Cover, Louisa Courtauld and George Cowles, London 1771
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Slaver, Frederick Kandler, London 1775
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Wine Cooler, Frederick Kandler, London 1775
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Jug, Boulton and Fothergill, Birmingham 1776
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pair of Candlesticks, Boulton and Fothergill, Birmingham 1774
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Pair of Sauce Tureens, Boulton and Fothergill, Birmingham 1776
Birmingham Assay Office
Tea Urn, Thomas Heming, London 1777
Cleveland Museum of Art
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III. "THE PROGRESS OF THE HUMAN MIND:" SCIENCE, EXPLORATION AND ANTIQUITY
1. Science
*Blanchet
R/R Fathers Lesueur and Jacquier c.1772
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
*Ceracchi
RW Medallion of Priestley
Wedgwood Museum
*Colson
R/R Portrait of Balthazar Sage 1777
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Dijon
*David
R/R Portrait of M. and Mme Lavoisier 1788
Rockefeller University, New York
David
R/R Alphonse Leroy 1783
Musee Fabre, Montpellier
Desbordes
R/R An Inoculation C. 1822
Musee de Douai, Douai
*Ellis after Rooker
RW
The Cast Iron Bridge near Coalbrookdale 1782
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust engraving
*Houdon
HHA Robert Fulton C. 1803
Mrs. Sarah Hunter Kelly, New York
*Ibbetson
RW The Ascent of Lunardi's Balloon from St. George's
Field 1788-1790
London Museum
*Lepicie
R/R
The Astronomer
Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon
*Peale, C.W.
CS
Exhuming of the First American Mastodon 1806
Peale Museum, Baltimore
*Peale, C.W.
CS Benjamin Rush 1783
Mrs. T. Charlton Henry, Chestnut Hill,
Pennsylvania
is
FORD
and
*Peale, R.
CS
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
anonymous
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*Rooker
RW
An Electrical Experiment in the Pantheon
1778
Mr. Appleby, Channel Islands drawing
Wright
RW
Experiment with an Air Pump 1768
Tate Gallery, London
*Zoffany
RW William Hunter Lecturing on Anatomy
Royal College of Physicians, London
Unknown
R/R L'Abbe Buffon et Daubenton recherchant les
animaux spermotiques from L'Histoire Generale
des animaux drawing
Bibliotheque Nationale
Scientific Instruments
Bowdoin Orrery
Harvard University
Air Pump
Microscope
Leyden Jars
Jefferson's Theodolite
Monticello
Jefferson's Telescope
Monticello
Books
Lavoisier
Traites Elementaires de Chimie 1789
Library of Congress
Jenner
An Inquiry into the Cause and Effect of the
Variolae Vaccinae 1800 2nd edition
Library of Congress
Hunter
Anatomia Uteri Humani Gravidi Tabulis Illustrata 1774
Library of Congress
Rittenhouse
Oration Delivered February 24, 1775 before the
American Philosophical Society
Library of Congress
Priestley
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of
Air 1774-1777
Library of Congress
de Vaugondy
Uranographie ou Description du Ciel en deux Hemispheres
1764
Volumes of Encyclopedie open at plates showing industrial and technological
processes.
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2. Exploration
*Hodges
RW Matavai Bay, Tahiti 1776
Paul Mellon
*Monsiau
R/R Louis XVI Giving La Perouse His Instructions
on Going Round the World 1817 Versailles
*Parry
RW
Sir Joseph Banks, Omai and Dr. Solander
Mr and Mrs. P.A. Tritton, Parham
*Saint-Memin
Indian Chief of the Little Osages drawing
New-York Historical Society
*Saint-Memin
Portrait of Cachasunghia, Osage Warrior drawing
New-York Historical Society
*Saint-Memin
Portrait of a Chief of the Little Osages drawing
New-York Historical Society
*Saint-Memin
Portrait of an Osage Warrior drawing
New-York Historical Society
*Saint-Memin
AB Jefferson
Worcester Art Museum
*Stubbs
RW
Green Monkey 1774
anonymous
*Stubbs
RW Rhinoceros
Royal College of Surgeons, London
Pair of Globes
Mr. Arthur Davidson, London.
Jefferson's Surveying Instruments
Monticello
Chief White Hair Medal
Lewis and Clark Material
Books
Ledyard
A Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage 1783
Library of Congress
Lewis and Clark
History of the Expedition
to the Sources of the
Missouri 1814 Library of Congress
Von Humboldt
Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland 1803-1813
FORD
Cook and King
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1784
Library of Congress
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3. Antiquity
*Burney
RW
The Antique School at Old Somerset House
Royal Academy, London drawing 1779
*Clerisseau
McC Design for the Ruin Room at Santa Trinita dei
Monti c. 1765 drawing
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Clérisseau
McC Arch of St. Remy drawing
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
*Cozens
RW The Two Great Temples at Paestum after 1782
The Three Great Temples at Paestum after 1782
Oldham Museum and Art Gallery, England
2 drawings
*David
R/R The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies
of His Sons 1787
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
*Hadfield
WHA Reconstructed Elevation of the Temple of
Fortune, Palestrina 1791
Royal Institute of British Architects,
London
drawing
*Hadfield
WHA Remains of the Interior of the Temple
of Fortune at Palestrina 1791
Royal Institute of British Architects, London
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*Hadfield
WHA Interior Room on the Third Platform of the
Temple of Fortune, Palestrina 1791
Royal Institute of British Architects, London
*Hadfield
WHA The Remains of the Roof of One of the
Arcades of the Temple of Fortune on the
Fourth Platform, Palestrina 1791
Royal Institute of British Architects
Kauffmann
RW
Dr. John Morgan 1764
Washington County Historical Society
Mengs
RW
Winckelmann C. 1774
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
*Piranesi
AR A Large Gallery of Statues etching
anonymous
*Piranesi
AR View of the Ruins of Paestum, two views
pls. 3 and 9,
From Differentes vues de quelques restes
de trois grands edifices qui subsistent
encore dans l'ancienne ville de Pesto
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Piranesi
A Capriccio of Buildings in a Classical
Seaport c.1755 drawing
Philip Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts
7. FORD
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*Ramsay
RW
Robert Wood C. 1753
National Portrait Gallery, London
*Reynolds
RW
Sir William Hamilton 1777
National Portrait Gallery, London
*Robert
R/R The Discovery of the Laocoon 1773
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
*Zoffany
RW
Charles Towneley in His Gallery 1782
Burnley Art Gallery, England
Antiquities
Bronze Askos
Nimes
Silver Askos
Monticello
Wooden Model of Askos
Monticello
Originals/copies of Sculpture Admired by Jefferson
Farnese Hercules
National Museum, Naples
Apollo Belvedere
Vatican
Venus de 'Medici
Uffizi, Florence
Messenger Pulling out a Thorn (Spinario)
Capitoline Museum, Rome
Hermes
Vatican
Ariadne
Vatican
Books
Adam
Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at
Spalatro 1764
Library of Congress
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Caylus
Recueil d'antiquités Egyptiennes, Etrusques, Grecques
et Romaines 1752-1767
Library of Congress
Clerisseau
Antiquites de la France 1778
Library of Congress
Desgodets
Edifices antiques de Rome 1779
Library of Congress
D'Hancarville
Antiquites Etrusques, Grecques et Remaines 1785-
1788
Library of Congress
Perrier
Twelve plates of classical sculpture from
Segmenta nobilium signorum e statuaru 1638-1653
Library of Congress
Stuart and Revett
The Antiquities of Athens vol. 1. - 1762
Library of Congress
Winckelmann
History of Ancient Art
Reflections on the Influence of Greek and
Ancient Sculpture
Wood
Ruins of Balbec 1757
Library of Congress
Wood
Ruins of Palmyra 1753
Library of Congress
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IV. "OUR REVOLUTION"
*Boze
R/R Lafayette
Massachusetts Historical Society
*Copley
RW Lord Cornwallis before 1793
Guildhall Art Gallery, London
*Elliott
RW "Bonhomme Richard" VS. H.M.S. "Serapis"
Naval Academy, Annapolis
Gainsborough
RW Admiral Earl Howe C. 1765
Earl Howe
*Houdon
HHA John Paul Jones 1781
Naval Academy, Annapolis
*Latrobe
BS Headless Statue of Lord Botetourt at Williams-
burg drawing
Maryland Historical Society
*Peale, C.W.
CS Marquis de Chastellux 1782
Independence Hall, Philadelphia
*Reynolds
RW General Sir Banastre Tarleton 1782
National Gallery, London
*Trumbull
IJ Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratogac. 1816
Yale University Art Gallery
*Trumbull
IJ George Washington Resigning His Commission
Yale University Art Gallery c.1817-1822
*Trumbull
IJ The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown
Yale University Art Gallery before 1797
*Trumbull
IJ Death of General Mercer at the Battle of
Princeton 1786-1787
Yale University Art Gallery
*Van Ysendich
R/R Publication of the Treaty of 1783 in Paris
Versailles
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Wille
R/R Le patriotisme français ou le depart 1785
Musee Blerancourt
Wille
R/R La double récompense ou la retour 1781
Musee Blerancourt
*Wright
IJ
Washington
Massachusetts Historical Society
Set of Revolutionary Medals struck in France
Books
Jefferson
A Summary View of the Rights of British America
Library of Congress
1774
Tarleton
History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 1787
Library of Congress
FORD
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V. EUROPE: THE VAUNTED SCENE
1. Paris
Views of the City and Neighboring Areas
Belanger
deM Plan de la nouvelle Amerique a construire
Bibliothèque Nationale drawing
Bernard after Franque
Elevation of the Chapel and Buildings of
the Abbey of Pentemont c.1769 engraving
Bibliothèque Nationale
*Attributed Carmontelle
FN
View of the Column House and the Temple of
Pan, Desert de Monville drawing
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Chalgrin
deM Hôtel de Langeac, Elevation of the Garden
Front drawing
Bibliotheque Nationale
Lallemand
deM Hotel de Bruncy drawing
Bibliothèque Nationale
Ledoux
FN
Elevation of Louveciennes engraving
Bibliothèque Nationale
Lespinasse
deM Place Louis XV 1778 drawing
Musée Carnavalet, Paris
Lespinasse
HR
Panoramic View of Paris from the Belvedere
of M. Fournel Looking North 1786 drawing
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Lespinasse
HR
Panoramic View of Paris from the Belvedere
of M. Fournel Looking South 1786 drawing
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Lespinasse
HR
Chateau de Madrid c. 1780
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
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de Machy
R/R Place Louis XV with the Balloon Ascent of
M.M. Robert and Hullin 1784 drawing
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
de Machy
R/R Auction of Paintings c.1780
Musee Carnavalet, , Paris
de Monchy after Lantara
HR
Mont Calvaire 1766 engraving
Bibliothèque Nationale
Marechal
FN Halle au Blé drawing
Bibliotheque Nationale
Marechal
deM Hôtel Guimard drawing
Bibliothèque Nationale
Martinet
deM Plan of Hotel de Langeac and Garden
Second Floor of Hotel de Langeac 2 engravings
From Beguillet, Description historique de
Paris, Grille de Chaillot 1779
Bibliotheque Nationale
Meunier
HR
Procession in Front of Sainte-Genevieve 1788
Musee Carnavalet, Paris drawing
Meunier
HR Le Guichet du Louvre c.17 85 drawing
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Meunier
HR Le Cirque du Palais-Royal c.1788 drawing
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Nee after Moreau
HR View of the Gardens at Bagatelle engraving
l'aine
Bibliotheque Nationale
Palaiseau
deM Barrière de l'Etoile drawing
Bibliotheque Nationale
Rittmann and Junie
Cul-de-Sac Taitbout engraving
From Atlas des plans de la censive de
l'archeveche dans Paris 1786
Bibliothèque Nationale
Robert
R/R Demolition of Houses on the Notre Dame Bridge
Musee Carnavalet, Paris 1786
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Robert
R/R Demolition of Houses on the Exchange Bridge
Musée Carnavalet, Paris 1788
*Robert
R/R Terrace of the Chateau de Marly
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City
Robert
R/R Place Louis XV drawing
Musée Carnavalet, Paris
Tardieu and Aubert
Map of Paris showing the new customs barriers
Bibliothèque Nationale
1788
*Trumbull
HR Paris as Seen from the House of the Abbe Chalut
Mrs. Norman Holmes Pearson drawing 1786
*Trumbull
HR Place Louis XV 1786 drawing
Mrs. Norman Holmes Pearson
Unknown, after Chalgrin
St, Philippe du Roule 2 engravings
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Unknown
deM Building of the Hôtel de Salm 1786
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Unknown
HR
Main Façade of the Château de Bagatelle
Bibliothèque Nationale engraving
Unknown
HR
Philosopher's Grotto at Bagatelle engraving
Bibliotheque Nationale
Unknown
HR Machine de Marly-le-Roi engraving
Bibliotheque Nationale
FN Model of the Hôtel de Salm (river side)
Political and Social Life
*Collet
Bust of Comte de Montmorin
Versailles
*Duplessis
R/R
Louis XVI
Versailles
*After Fragonard
R/R Allegory to the Genius of Franklin 1778
National Gallery of Art, Washington engraving
*Houdon
HHA
Cagliostro 1786
National Gallery of Art, Washington
*Houdon
HHA Benjamin Franklin c.1778
Metrcpolitan Museum of Art, New York
Lundberg
R/R Vergennes
Musee Blerancourt
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Ollivier
R/R The à l'anglaise at the Prince de Conti's with
Mozart Playing 1766
Louvre
Quenedy and Chretien
Physiognotrace Portrait of Gouverneur Morris
*Trumbull
Portrait of Angelica Schuyler Church, Her Son
Philip, and a Servant
Mrs. Amy Johnson, Farmington, Connecticut
Vallière
R/R Madame d'Houdetot
M. Louis de Crèvecoeur
*Vigee-Lebrun
R/R Duchess of Orleans 1789
Versailles
Vigee-Lebrun
R/R Calonne 1784
The Royal Collection, London
Vigee-Lebrun
R/R Portrait of Marie-Antoinette 1778
Private Collection, New York
Unknown
R/R Les Plaisirs de Chaville drawing
Madame Michel de Larminat, Château de Beaumont,
Chartre-sur-le-Loir
Unknown
R/R Madame de Tott Painting the Portrait of
Madame de Tesse miniature
Comte de Pusy-Lafayette, Paris
Artistic and Intellectual Life
Boilly
R/R L'Atelier de Houdon 1804
Thomas Henry Museum, Cherbourg
Cathelin after Rolineau R/R Nicolo Piccini engraving
Bibliothèque Nationale
*David
R/R Pierre des Maisons 1782
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Duplessis
R/R Vien 1785
Louvre
FORD
is
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Duplessis
R/R Comte d'Angivillers c.1779
John Sheffield, England
*Gerard
R/R Ledoux and His Family
Baltimore Museum
* Houdon
HHA Gluck c.1775
Michael Hall, New York
Houdon
HHA Condorcet c.1785
Louvre
Lenoir
R/R Madame Vestris as Elektra
Comedie Française
Nattier
R/R Beaumarchais 1755
Comte de Beaumarchais
* Quenedy and Chretien
AB
Physiognotrace Portrait of Jefferson 1789
Yale University Art Gallery engraving
Roslin
R/R Marmontel 1767
Louvre
Vestier
R/R Doyen 1787
Louvre
*Vigee-Lebrun
R/R Gretry 1785
Versailles
Salons of 1785, 1787 and 1789
Painting - 1785
David
R/R Belisaire
Louvre
*Duplessis
R/R M. de Chabanon
Orléans
*Labille-Guiard
R/R Charles A. Van Loo
Versailles
Lepicie
R/R Interieur de ferme
Louvre
de Parme
R/R L'Etude repand des fleurs
Caen
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Robert
R/R Portique d'Octavie à Rome
Louvre on loan to French Embassy, London
Robert
R/R Ancien portique de l'Empereur Marc-Aurele
Louvre on loan to French Embassy, London
Taillasson
R/R Antolion
Musee Fabre, Montpellier
*Taillasson
R/R Mezena drawing
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nancy
*Vigée-Lebrun
R/R Bacchante assise
California Palace of the Legion of Honor,
San Francisco
Painting - 1787
Hue
R/R Cascatelles de Tivoli
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tours
*Labille-Guiard
R/R Madame Adelaide de France (version)
Phoenix Art Museum
Lespinasse
R/R Vue du port au ble drawing
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Lespinasse
R/R Vue du port Saint Paul drawing
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
de Machy
R/R Demolition de l'Eglise des Saints Innocents
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
de Machy
R/R Intérieur de l'Eglise des Saints Innocents
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
*Taillasson
R/R Electre
Robert Rosenblum, New York
Valenciennes
R/R Ciceron découvrant le tombeau d'Archimede
Louvre
Valenciennes
R/R L'Ancienne cité d'Agrigente
Louvre
*Vestier
R/R Portrait of the Governor of Guadeloupe
anonymous
FORD
is
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*Vigee-Lebrun
R/R The Marquise de Peze and the Marquise
de Rouget with Her Two Children
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Painting 1789
Le Barbier
R/R Coriolan drawing
Musee Tavet-Delacour, - Pontoise
Gauffier
R/R Jacob venant trouver les filles de Laban
Louvre
*Hue
R/R Naval Battle off Granada
Versailles
Monsiau
R/R Mort de Cléopâtre drawing
Musée Rolin, Autun
*Mosnier
R/R Lagrence l'aine
Versailles
Regnault
R/R Le Deluge
Louvre
Vallayer-Coster
R/R Nature morte aux animaux
La Baronne de St. Palais, Paris
*Voiriot
R/R Sue
Versailles
Wailly
R/R Engraving of Salonof 1789
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Wailly
R/R Chaire de Saint-Sulpice drawing
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York
Sculpture - 1785
Caffieri
Corneille
R/R
Comedie Française
Houdon
HHA La Rive as Brutus
Comedie Française
Pajou
R/R Buste de Claude-Edme Labille
Louvre
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Sculpture - 1787
Caffieri
R/R
Buste de J. Baptiste Rousseau
Comedie Française
Deseine
R/R
Mucius Scaevola
Louvre
Houdon
HHA
Lafayette plaster
Boston Athenaeum
Houdon
HHA
Life Mask of Lafayette
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
*Houdon
HHA
George Washington
Mrs. Sarah Hunter Kelly, New York
Sculpture - 1789
Boquet
R/R Archimède
Louvre
Giraud
R/R L'Achille
Aix-en-Provence, Musee Granet
*Pajou
R/R
Madame Wailly
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Paintings and Sculpture Particularly Admired by Jefferson
*David
R/R Death of Socrates 1787
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Drouais
R/R Marius at Minturnae 1787
Louvre
Houdon
HHA Diana 1776 plaster
Schlossmuseum, Gotha
Slodtz
Diana and Endymion
Robert
R/R Maison Carree, the Arenas and the Tower
at Nimes
Louvre
FOND
Van der Werff
Example of his painting
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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French Decorative Arts FW
Side Table, Weisweiller.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Two Armchairs, Sene.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Fire Screen, Sene.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Commode, Schwerdfeger.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Pair of Firedogs.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Pair of Sèvres Vases.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
*Tapestry, Beauvais.
Mr. Michael Menzies.
*Two Settees.
Mr. Michael Menzies.
*Regulateur.
Mr. Michael Menzies.
*Bergere.
Mr. Michael Menzies.
*Arm Chair from President's House, Philadelphia.
The White House
*Arm Chair given by Lafayette.
The White House.
*Bergere.
Mr. Philip Bonsal, Washington, D.C.
*Original Tapestry frame.
Mr. Philip Bonsal, Washington, D.C.
Pair of Chairs, from a suite to be presented to Washington.
Elysee Palace, Paris.
Candelabrum designed for presentation to Washington.
Louvre.
Panels from the Hotel de Montmorency, Ledoux.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Chair, Louis XVI, Monticello
Sèvres Biscuit figures, Monticello
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French Revolution
*David
R/R Serment du Jeu de Paume 1789
Versailles drawing
Horiet
R/R Taking of the Bastille 1789
Musee Carnavalet
*Houdon
HHA Lafayette 1790
Versailles
Lallemand
R/R Charge of the Prince de Lambesc 1789
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
*Moreau
R/R Meeting of the Etats Generaux 1789
Versailles
drawing
*Moreau
R/R Meeting of the Assemblee des Notables 1787
Versailles
drawing
Robert
R/R Demolition of the Bastille 1789
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
Vestier
R/R Chevalier de Latude 1789
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
2. Jefferson, Tourist
*Beaumont
RW Heidelberg drawing
Paul Mellon
Bellotto
RW
Turin with the Palazzo Reale 1745
Mr. and Mrs. John Koch, New York
Birch after Cosway and
RW
A View of Mr. Cosway's Breakfast-Room, - Pall Mall
Hodges
New York Public Library
1789 engraving
*Brown
AB
Thomas Jefferson 1786
Mr. Charles Francis Adams, Massachusetts
*Brown
John Adams 1788
Boston Athenaeum
*Brown
Bulfinch
Fogg Art Museum
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*Clerisseau
McC Façade of the Château de Borely drawing
Borely Museum, Marseille
Cosway, R.
RW Mrs. Cosway drawing
Lodi, Italy
Cosway, R.
RW Self-Portrait drawing
Lodi, Italy
*Desprez
RW Somerset House, St. Paul's and Blackfriar's
Bridge
drawing
Paul Mellon
Dezauche
Map of Canal de Languedoc 1787
Library of Congress
*Earl
Abigail Adams 1785
New York State Historical Association on
loan to the White House
Haldenwang after
Front View of Hope's House, Haarlem 1807
Schouten
Prentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
* Houdon
HHA Joel Barlow 1803
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia
*Laborde, Guettard and
Voyage pittoresque de la France 1784-1802
Beguillet
Boston Athenaeum vols. 11 and 12
*La Fargue
Court Pond at the Hague 1762
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
*Marlow
RW The Amphitheatre at Nimes drawing
Paul Mellon
a
*Marlow
RW
Nimes from Tour Magne drawing
Paul Mellon
*Nickolls
RW
Pope's Villa, Twickenham c.1726
Paul Mellon
*Ouwater
RW View of Westerkerk, Amsterdam, 1778
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
*Peale, R.
CS
William Short with the Temple of Paestum
in the Background 1806
College of William and Mary
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*Piper
WHA Smeaton's Engine at Kew
View of Painshill
Plan of the Grotto at Painshill
3 drawings 1776
Royal Academy, Stockholm
*Rigaud
RW Chiswick Villá and Gardens from the South East
Duke of Devonshire
1734
Robert
R/R The Interior of the Temple of Diana at Nimes 1787
Louvre
Robert
R/R The Pont du Gard 1787
Louvre
Robert
R/R Arc de Triomphe at Orange 1787
Louvre
*Rooker
RW
Gate at Blenheim drawing 1787
Paul Mellon
*Rooker
RW
Merton College, Oxford 1772
Paul Mellon
Rowlandson
RW The Fish Market at Amsterdam drawing c.1794
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery
11
Rowlandson
RW
Main Square at Dusseldorf drawing 1791
Stadtgeschichtiches Museum, Dusseldorf
Rowlandson
RW Vauxhall Gardens c.1784 drawing
Paul Mellon
*Sandby
RW The North Terrace, Windsor Castle, Looking West
Paul Mellon
c.1785
*Smith
RW
Maria Cosway and Her Daughter drawing
Paul Mellon
Trumbull
AB
Jefferson 1788
Lodi, Italy
*Trumbull
IJ
Self-Portrait 1777
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Vernet
R/R Premiere vue de Bordeaux 1758
Musée de la Marine, Paris
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Vernet
R/R Interieur du port de Marseille 1754
Musee de la Marine, Paris
*Wilson
RW
Kew Gardens with the Pagoda and Bridge 1762
Paul Mellon
*Wilson
RW Dover c. 1747
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
*Unknown
RW
Maria Cosway
Mr. and Mrs. Richardson Dilworth, Princeton
Unknown
View of the Garden of Chanteloup drawing
Bibliotheque Nationale
Books
Whately
Observations on Modern Gardening
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VI. THE JEFFERSONIAN CREATION
1. Decorative Arts
Chantrot
Clock Designed by Jefferson
anonymous
*Jefferson
Sketch for a Dumbwaiter
Massachusetts Historical Society
*Jefferson
Drawing for the Urn
Massachusetts Historical Society
*Jefferson
Drawing for Silver Goblets
Massachusetts Historical Society
*Jefferson
Drawings for Curtains
Massachusetts Historical Society
Window arrangement based on Jefferson design
*Jefferson
Study for Parquet Floor
Massachusetts Historical Society
*Jefferson
Sketch for Combined Writing Desk and Dressing
Table
Massachusetts Historical Society
Jefferson
Sketch for a Candlestick facsimile
Library of Congress
Pair of Sheffield Plate Candlesticks
Jefferson
Sketch for an Obelisk Clock
College of William and Mary
Odiot - Jefferson
Silver Urn
Monticello
Randolph, C.J.
Drawing of a Table and Chair from Poplar Forest
Monticello
Pair of Chippendale Chairs
Monticello
FAND
Campeachy Chair
Monticello
Dumbwaiter
Miss Ellen Coolidge Burke, Arlington, Virginia
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2. Domestic Architecture
Bélanger
deM Bagatelle: Elevation from the Street;
Elevation Seen from the Courtyard; Cross
Section from East to West
3 drawings
Bibliotheque Nationale
*
Gibbs
Book of Architecture 1728
Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of
Architecture 1738
Plates
* Hallet
FN
West Elevation of the Capitol at Washington
Library of Congress
drawing
* Jefferson
Drawings of Bremo, Poplar Forest, Barboursville
and Farmington
* Jefferson
Drawings of Monticello to show evolution of the
house
Jefferson
FN
Drawings
See Attached List
* Kent
Chiswick Villa from the South East c. 1730
Duke of Devonshire
drawing
* Kent
The Designs of Inigo Jones 1727 vol. 2 pl. 17
Juxtaposed to Cornelia Jefferson Randolph's
floor plan for Poplar Forest
*Latrobe
BS
View of Richmond from the South Side of the
James River showing the Capitol drawing
Maryland Historical Society
*Latrobe
BS
City of Richmond, River at Left, Capitol at Right
Center drawing
Maryland Historical Society
*Latrobe
BS
Two Drawings of a Tobacco Plant and the Capital
Derived from It.
Library of Congress
*Latrobe
BS
"View of the Capitol from my shop" drawing
Maryland Historical Society
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*Latrobe
BS U.S. Capitol in Course of Construction drawing
Maryland Historical Society
*Latrobe
BS Principal Story of the U.S. Capitol 1806
Library of Congress
*Latrobe
BS Ceiling of the House of Representatives 1805
Library of Congress drawing
*Latrobe
BS Cross Section of the Library of Congress
Library of Congress drawing
*Latrobe
BS Cross Section of the House of Representatives
Library of Congress drawing
*Latrobe
BS Sketch for a Classical Figure drawing
Library of Congress
*Latrobe
BS South Elevation of the President's House 1807
Library of Congress drawing
*Latrobe
BS East Front of the President's House 1807
Library of Congress drawing
*Latrobe
AB Thomas Jefferson e . 1799 drawing
Maryland Historical Society
Meunier
Hotel a de Salm drawing
Bibliotheque Nationale
*Mills
FN West Elevation of Monticello 1803 drawing
Massachusetts Historical Society
*Morris
Select Architecture 1755 pl. 43 "Elevation for a
Garden House" Juxtaposed to Mills' drawing of
Monticello facsimile
*Morris
Select Architecture 1755 pl. 2 Juxtaposed to
Jefferson's plan of Monticello as originally
built Nichols 49 facsimile
*Morris
Select Architecture 1755 pl. 37 "Design for a
Retreat" Elevation and Plans Juxtaposed to
Jefferson's first study of Monticello facsimile
*Morris
Select Architecture 1755 pl. 30 "Plans for
a Hilltop House." Juxtaposed to Cornelia
Jefferson Randolph's floor plan for Poplar
Forest facsimile
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* Morris
Select Architecture 1755 pl. 3. Juxtaposed
to Jefferson's early study of Monticello
Nichols 26 facsimile
* Palladio
Villa Rotonda engraving
Juxtaposed to Monticello
* Palladio
Enlarged plate of orders juxtaposed to Jefferson's
drawings of orders
*Randolph, Cornelia J.
FN
Poplar Forest: First Floor Plan; Garden
Elevation c.1820
2 drawings
University of Virginia
*Troye
FN
View of Bremo
Mr. John Elliott, Charlottesville
*
FN
Model of Monticello
*
FN
Model of Poplar Forest
Photographs of: Bremo, South Elevation
Ruins of Barboursville
Farmington
Poplar Forest
3. Public Buildings
*Birch
EM
View of the Capitol
Library of Congress drawing
Bugniet
Plan for a Prison engraving
Lyon, Bibliotheque Municipale
Chalgrin
Longitudinal Section of Saint-Philippe du
Roule
Latitudinal Section of Saint-Philippe du
Roule
2 engravings
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
*Clerisseau
FN
Model of the State Capitol of Virginia
Virginia State Library, Richmond
*Clerisseau
Antiquites de la France 1778
open at the Maison Carree
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*Davis, after Hadfield WHA Plan of City Hall Washington 1833 drawing
Columbia Historical Society, Washington
*Davis, after Hadfield
WHA
Design for the City Hall, Washington 1833
Columbia Historical Society, Washington drawing
*Davis, after Hadfield
WHA
The Capitol, Washington 1833 drawing
Columbia Historical Society, Washington
*Diamond, Faws, Hoban,
FN
Competition Design for the President's House
Jefferson, Small
Maryland Historical Society
1792
*Hadfield
WHA Washington, First Treasury Office drawing
Massachusetts Historical Society
Latrobe
Tobacco Leaf Capital
Monticello
After Latrobe
Plaster Copy of Tobacco Leaf Capital, Restored
*Latrobe
BS Penitentiary, Main Floor Plan drawing
Virginia State Library
*Latrobe
BS
Perspective of Entrance of Penitentiary
Virginia State Library drawing
Legrand and Molinos
deM
Cross Section of Halle au Ble drawing
Musee Carnavalet, Paris
*Peale, C.W.
CS
Portrait of Latrobe
White House
*Saint-Memin
Portrait of William Thornton drawing
American Institute of Architects, Washington
Thiery
FN Interior of the Halle au Ble engraving
From Thiery, Almanach du voyageur a a Paris,
1758-1786 pl. 6
Bibliotheque Nationale
*Thornton
FN
Elevation of the North Wing of the Capitel
Library of Congress
drawing
*
Conjectural Drawing of Elevation of Christ
Church, Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Virginia
*
Photograph of Christ Church, Charlottesville
University of Virginia
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4. Planning of Cities
Chalmandrier
Plan of Montpellier engraving
Library of Congress
Delagrive
Reprint of plan of Versailles 1746
Library of Congress
Ellicott
Map of Washington engraving
Library of Congress
Esnauts and Rapilly
Plan of Paris 1777 engraving
Library of Congress
*Jefferson
Drawings
See Attached List
*Parkyns
EM
View of Washington 1795 engraving
Library of Congress
*Parrocel
Portrait of L'Enfant
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
*Pfaunz
Plan of Karlsruhe 1739 engraving
Stadtbiblicthek, Karlsruhe
Saige
Plan of Bordeaux 1787 engraving
Library of Congress
Seutter
Plan of Turin 1744 engraving
Library of Congress
5. University of Virginia
* de Chambray, E. and F.
Parallele de l'architecture antique avec la
moderne 1766 facsimile
Plate showing the "Doric of Palladio"
Juxtaposed to Pavilion VII
* de Chambray, E. and F.
Parallele de l'architecture antique avec
la moderne 1766 facsimile
Plate showing the Corinthian order from
Diocletian's Baths
Juxtaposed to Pavilion VIII
* de Chambray, E. and F.
Parallele de l'architecture antique avec la
moderne 1766 facsimile
Plate showing the Doric order from Diocletian's
Baths -- Juxtaposed to Pavilion I
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*de Chambray, E. and F.
Parallèle de l'architecture antique avec la
moderne 1766 facsimile
Plate showing the Doric order of Albano
Juxtaposed to Pavilion IV
*de Chambray, E. and F.
Parallèle de l'architecture antique avec
la moderne 1766 facsimile
Plate showing the Doric of Theatre of Marcellus
Juxtaposed to Pavilion X
*Desgodets
Edifices antiques de Rome 1779 p1. 4
Juxtapose to Pavilion VII facsimile
Ledoux
FN Hotel Guimard c.1772 engraving
Bibliotheque Nationale
Juxtapose to Pavilion IX
*Le Rouge
FN Ground Plan of the Column House, Desert de
Monville
facsimile
engraving
*Neilson
Peter Maverick's Plan of Dome Room of Rotunda
Nichols 385
University of Virginia
*Piranesi
Pantheon from Vedute di Roma 1748 pl. 60
Juxtaposed to the Rotunda
*Piranesi
Vedute di Roma 1748 pl. 45 "Temple of Fortuna
Virilis"
Juxtaposed to Pavilions II IX
*Piranesi
Vedute di Roma 1748 p1. 33 "Theatre of Marcellus"
Juxtaposed to Pavilion VI
*Palladio, ed, Leoni
The Architecture of A. Palladio, in Four Books
1742 Plate showing the Corinthian order
Juxtaposed to Pavilion ITI facsimile
*Palladio, ed. Leoni
The Architecture of A. Palladio, in Four Books
1742 Plate showing the Tonic order facsimile
Juxtaposed to Pavilion V
*Palladio, ed. Leoni
The Architecture of A. Palladio, in Four Books
1742 Plate showing the parapet of the Temple of Nerva
Juxtaposed to Pavilion X facsimile
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* Randolph, Cornelia Jefferson FN University of Virginia: South Elevation
of the Rotunda with South Elevations of
Pavilions IX and X drawing
University of Virginia
*Stuart
AB Thomas Jefferson 1805
Mrs. Donald B. Straus
*Unknown
FN Le Chateau de Marly
Versailles
Enlarged photographs of the buildings of the University of Virginia
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PLEASURES OF NATURE
(East Garden Court)
Jefferson and Landscape Design
I. The Renaissance Garden
1. The European Heritage
Knyff
EM
Prospect of Mr. Pierrepoint's House at Nottingham
Mr. Paul Mellon
Perelle
EM
Le Jardin de M. de Chamlay etching
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington
2. Colonial Interpretation
*
EM
Plan of Mount Airy (Photo reproduction from Alice
Lockwood's Gardens of Colony and State 1931-1934)
*
EM
Photograph of Mount Vernon Garden and plans by
Samuel Vaughan (facsimiles)
EM
Bodleian Plate of Topiary Garden, College of
William and Mary engraving
facsimile
II. The Landscape of Nature: Remantic Transformation
1. England
Attributed Bridgeman
Bird's Eye Persepctive of Stowe House C. 1720
Bodleian Library
Unknown
Plans for Stowe 1773 engraving
New York Public Library
Unknown
Stowe from Vergnaud's "L'Art de creer les jardins"
New York Public Library
1739
James
The Leasowes engraving
King's Topographical Collection, British Museum
36-21-3
Woollet
Painshill engraving
Victoria and Albert Museum E.1063.12-1889
FOPD
Kent
The Exedra, Chiswick
Duke of Devonshire
EM Hagley engraving
Map Room, British Museum
EM Woburn Farm engraving
Victoria and Albert Museum 92.c.8.E.1063.1-12.1889
2. France
Blaikie
EM Plan of the Gardens of Bagatelle drawing
Bibliotheque Nationale
Le Rouge
EM Plan of Madame de Tesse's Gardens at Chaville
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden Library engraving
*
de Laborde
View of Ermenonville from Les Nouveaux Jardins de
la France
engraving
Mrs. Sarah Hunter Kelly, New York
* Jefferson
FN Garden of Hotel de Langeac facsimile
Huntington Library, California
Dugourc
EM Garden Scene gouache
Metropolitan Museum
III. Jeffersonian America
*Parkyns
EM View of Washington from Georgetown 1793 engraving
Library of Congress
Birch
EM "The Woodlands" from "Country Seats in America"
The Library Company of Philadelphia engraving
Unknown
EM Solitude
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Unknown
EM View of West Front of Monticello and Garden c.1820 .
Mrs. Catherine Coolidge, Massachusetts drawing
Jefferson Garden Plans:
*
FN Plan of the Monticello House and Rectangular
Flowerbed Nichols 57
Massachusetts Historical Society
FN Jefferson's Survey of Fields 1794
Huntington Library, California facsimile
FN Monticello: General Plan of the Estate 1806
Massachusetts Historical Society Nichols 209
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FN Jefferson's Plan of the Winding or Roundabout
Walk 1807
Betts plate 24
Massachusetts Historical Society
Monticello: Survey Showing House, Offices and
Four Roundabouts Nichols 225 Massachusetts
Historical Society 1809
*
FN Jefferson's Plan for Laying out Lots for
Minor Articles of Husbandry Betts p1. 26
Huntington Library, California facsimile
*
FN General Plan of Top of Mountain
Nichols 61 Reverse of 34
Massachusetts Historical Society
*
FN Monticello: Sketch of the Garden Showing
Flowerbeds Nichols 147gg
Massachusetts Historical Society
Photomural of Monticello Garden
Jefferson Garden Buildings and Furniture
*
FN "A Temple for a Garden" from Gibbs Nichols 62
Massachusetts Historical Society
*
FN A Garden Temple Nichols 63
Massachusetts Historical Society
FN Garden Pavilion in Various Styles with Notes 1807
Nichols 182 4 pages
Massachusetts Historical Society
*
FN Decorative Outchambers from Jones Nichols 91-92
Massachusetts Historical Society
Sources for Above:
*Gibbs
Book of Architecture 1739 Plates 67 and 69
*Kent
The Designs of Inigo Jones 1727
Rigaud and Baron after
Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire
Sarah Bridgeman
EM View of the Queen's Theatre from the Rotunda 1739
British Museum
engraving
FORD
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Jefferson
FN Chinese Lattice Gate Nichols 67
Massachusetts Historical Society
*
Full Scale Model of Gate
*
FN "A Garden Seat by Mr. Jones" Nichols 497 1763
University of Virginia
Chambers
Plans
of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in
Surry
*Jefferson
FN
Third Variant for Range and Gardens Showing
Serpentine Walls Nichols 369
University of Virginia
Jefferson
FN
IV. NATURAL HISTORY
Bannister
EM
Magnolia drawing
British Museum (Natural History)
Bannister
EM
Trumpet Honey Suckle drawing
British Museum (Natural History)
Barton
EM Jeffersonia engraving
American Philosophical Society
Bartram
EM Franklinia
drawing from the Fothergill Album
British Museum (Natural History)
Bartram
EM
Strawberry Fragaria drawing
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
* Catesby
EM
Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the
Bahama Islands
Mr. Walter Chatham, Washington
Catesby
EM Stewartia
Mountain Laurel Kalmia Latifolia
Magnolia Grandiflora
engravings (3)
New York Public Library
Church
EM
Passenger Pigeon
Purple Finch
engravings (2)
Dumbarton Oaks
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*Church
ER
View of Natural Bridge
University of Virginia
*Houdon
HHA Buffon 1782
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
*Latrobe
BS The Ground Squirrel 1796
Cypredium acaule
Richmond--Lady Slipper from
Blossom to Roots 1798
Representative of the Leaf of the Sumac Tree 1809
View of the Great Falls of the Potomac 1809
Jefferson's Rock, Harper's Ferry
Luna Moth on a Marble Slab 1796
Spiraea, Hanover Co. 1797
Bloodwort, Hanover Co. 1797
drawings (8)
Maryland Historical Society
Le Rouge
EM
General Plan of the Jardin des Plantes
*Peale, C.W.
CS Portrait of William Bartram
Independence National Historical Park,
Philadelphia
*Peale, C.W.
CS Falls of the Schuylkill c. 1770 drawing
Charles Sellers
*Peale, C.W.
CS
Rubens Peale with a Geranium 1801
Mrs. N.B. Woolworth, New York
*Peale, C.W.
CS Harper's Ferry 1814
Walker Art Center, Minneapclis
Peale, R. after
CS F, Andre Michaux engraving
FORD
Hunt Library, Pittsburgh
4223
Redouté
EM Azalea
Larkspur
Geranium
Honeysuckle
engravings (4) from Rousseau's Botanique 1815
Dumbersion Oaks
Redoute
EM Dogwood
Sassafras
Tuliptree
Gordonia
engravings (4) from François Andre Michaux's
Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique
septeutrionale 1810-1812
Dumbarton Oaks
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*Reinagle
EM
View of Elgin Botanic Garden drawing
New York Public Library
Rush
Linnaeus
Corcoran Gallery, Washington
Wilson
EM
Clark's Nutcracker
Lewis' Woodpecker
Mockingbird
engravings (3) from "American Ornithology"
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Wilson
EM
Magpie drawing
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Books:
Gronovius and Clayton
Flora Virginica. 1762
Heely
Letters on the Beauties of Hagley, Envil and the
Leasowes 1777
Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia 1787 P. Mellon
Langley
New Principles of Gardening 1728
Miller
The Gardeners Dictionary 1768
Whately
Observations on Modern Gardening 1770
Chambers
Dissertation on Oriental Gardening 1772
Parkyns
Appendix to Sketches in Architecture by Sir John
Soane 1793, "Six Designs for Improving and
Embellishing Grounds"
Dumbarton Oaks, Garden Library
Payne
Observations on Gardening
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PLANTS FOR EAST GARDEN COURT for THE EYE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
I. ZONE I - Exotic Shrubs and Trees in Planter Boxes and Tubs
Botanical Name
Common Name
Citrus aurantium
Sour or Seville Orange
Citrus aurantifolia
Lime
Punica granatum
Pomegranate
Ficus
Fig (Turkey or Celeste)
Acacia farnesiana
Opapanax
0lea Europea
Cultivated Olive
Franklinia
Franklinia
Prunus domestica
Plum
Koelreuteria paniculata
Golden Raintree
(To be introduced on or near the 4th of July)
II. ZONE II - Native Trees and Shrubs
Magnolia grandifola
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Swamp Bay
Viburnam prunifolium
Black Haw
Oxydendrum aboreum
Sourwood
Kalmia latifolia
Mountain Laurel
Clethra almifolia
Sweet Pepperbush
Euonymus americanus
Strawberry Bush
THE FORD
Rhododendron viscosa
White Swamp azelia
Illix vomitoria
Yaupon Holly
Sassafras albidum
Sassafras
Lonicera sempervirens
Trumpet Honeysuckle
(Mount Vernon will furnish some cuttings)
Juniperus virginica
Virginian Cedar
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III. ZONE III - Annuals and Perennials (Fountain Zone)
Botanical Name
Common Name
Iris bicolor
Iris
Iris xiphium
Spanish Iris
Amaryllis belladona
Belladona Lily
Lilium candidum
Madonna lily
Lilium superbum
Swamp lily
Heliotrope
Heliotrope
Tagotes patula
French marigold
Tagotes erecta
African marigold
Nicotania
Tabacco
Special at base of sculpture - Jeffersonia diphylla
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THE EYE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
Special Essays
Sir Francis Watson
American Collectors of French Furniture
in the Early Republic
Thomas McCormick
Clerisseau and Jefferson
Paul Foote Norton
Jefferson, Latrobe and the National Capitol
Edward Dumbauld
Jefferson and the Adamses in Europe
H.C. Rice, Jr.
Jefferson in Paris
Harold E. Dickson
Jefferson as Art Collector
Frederick Nichols
Influences on Jefferson's Major Buildings
Samuel Roberson
Jefferson and Landscape Gardening
George Green Shackelford
Jefferson's Italian Travels
Alfred Bush
The Life Portraits of Thomas Jefferson,
a new edition with an introduction by Walter
Muir Whitehill
GENAL it. FORD
D L L L L 1 L
W.H. Jask Force
August 15, 1975
MEMORANDUM TO:
TED MARRS
JIM CANNON
JIM CONNOR
BOB GOLDWIN
RUSE ROURKE
WARREN RUSTAND
PAUL THEIS
FROM:
JACK MARSH
Carter Brown came to see me in reference to the proposed exhibit
entitled, "The Eye of Thomas Jefferson" currently scheduled for
June 1 at the National Gallery of Art. Because of the forthcoming
visit about that same time of Giscard d'Estaing, he is suggesting a
change la the opening of the visit to the 31st of May.
He thinks it would be helpful to tie in the opening of this exhibit
with the visit of the President of France, who will be here at that
time to present the sound and light gift to Mount Vernon.
Carter said that as a part of their exhibit, they are planning on having
a French flreworks show similar to the type of display that would have
occurred during Jefferson's time. In fact the Areworks company who
will be making the fireworks for the display is the same company that
manufactured the liseworks that Je Terson observed when he was in
Paris,
Cartor 1. very anxious to have Presidential participation In this Great,
and E think 12 is something that should be seriously considered.
JOM.cb
FORD
GERALD
LIBRARY
August 1, 1975
Dear Mr. President:
On behalf of the Trustees of the National Gallery
of Art, I write to invite you and Mrs. Ford to be our
guests at the opening of "The Eye of Thomas Jefferson",
the Gallery's tribute to the nation's birthday. It
has received unprecedented support with major loans
and masterpieces coming from European as well as
American collections. Your own role in securing the
loan of the Venus de'Medici during your recent visit
with President Leoni is itself a major contribution to
the success of the exhibition.
I would appreciate it if the evening of June 1,
1976 could be marked on your calendar to participate
in a gala event. We are planning a special 18th Century
fireworks display on the Mall following an inaugural
dinner.
Respectfully yours,
SIGNED
J. Carter Brown
Director
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
DERALO FORD LIBRARY
JCB:WHA:po
cc: DAN
Eye of TJ
MARSH, JOHN
SCHEDULE PROPOSALS
FILE w/ "The Eye
of Jefferson" proposal.
September 11, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: JACK MARSH
FROM:
TED MARRS
Attached is the Schedule Proposal which has been
turned in concerning "The Eye of Jefferson"
Exhibition.
Because of the separation of time between the
Giscard visit and the opening of the exhibition,
we have completely separated the two events and
are suggesting the President participate in the
J. Carter Brown dinner leaving the "Sound and
Light Show" to the government of France to suggest.
I'll keep you informed of progress.
Attachment
MEM/sjd
Hand written note by Dr. Marrs: "Our intelligence is that Giscard is
going to invite the President to be
involved." Ted/
FORD is LIBRAR OFRALD