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Martha Jefferson

This is a modern day painting by John Hutton imagining what Martha Jefferson, the wife of Thomas Jefferson would have looked like when she was alive. There are no surviving historical portraits of Mrs. Jefferson, but family tradition holds she was accomplished, well read, and beautiful. Martha Jefferson died due to complications from childbirth in 1782. Thomas Jefferson was president from 1801 to 1809.
Artist
John Hutton
Date of Work
ca. 2014
Medium
oil paint, copper plate
Type
Portrait
Credit
John Hutton for the White House Historical Association