Thomas+Jefferson

Date: modeled 1860-1862
 * [[image:https://s3.amazonaws.com/saam.media/files/styles/x_large/s3/images/1968/1968.155.5_1a.jpg?itok=wiVQ0qfk width="205" height="290" link="@https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/thomas-jefferson-20088"]] || Title: **Thomas Jefferson**

Artist: **Hiram Powers** Born: Woodstock, Vermont 1805 Died: Florence, Italy 1873

Medium: plaster Dimensions: 76 3/4 x 25 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (195.1 x 65.0 x 42.2 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson

Accession: 1968.155.5 ||
 * Suggested Questions: **
 * What about this statue makes Jefferson look like a leader?
 * What attributes or objects is he shown with and what might they say about him?

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