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The Monroes' Legacy: President and Mrs. Monroe
- Artist
- Samuel F. B. Morse
- Date of Work
- 1819
- Credit
- White House Historical Association (White House Collection), Courtesy of the Edwards Family
The Monroes' Legacy: President and Mrs. Monroe
James Monroe by Samuel F.B. Morse, ca. 1819, and Elizabeth Kortright Monroe by Eben F. Comens after John Vanderlyn, 1816 or 1820.
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