Portrait of Thomas Jefferson which hangs in the Thomas Jefferson State Reception Room on the 8th floor of the main U.S. Department of State building in Washington, D.C. It was painted by Charles Willson Peale while Jefferson was Secretary of State. It is probably a replica of Peale's 1791 portrait of Jefferson which hangs in the Independence National Historical Park. For more information, see here and here.
Thomas Jefferson State Reception Room on the 8th floor of the main U.S. Department of State building in Washington, D.C.
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Extracted from PDF version of Keeping the Seal in Good Hands poster, part of a U.S. Diplomacy Center (State Department) exhibition on the 225th anniversary of the Great Seal. Direct PDF URL [1] (24MB)
Courtesy of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State.
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