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Title: The Life Portraits of Thomas Jefferson by Alfred L. Bush ISBN: 0-8139-1163-X Publisher: University of Virginia Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating Portraits
Comment: This book prints every painting, drawing, or sculpture done of Jefferson when he was alive. All other portraits are derivative from these. Not even all the ones included in the book are truly originals, as nine are reproductions of originals that have been lost. Sixteen actual originals are included.

The portraits say almost as much about the artist as they do about Jefferson. Each reflects the unique style of the artist--for example, one done by Gilbert Stuart is very similar to a well-known portrait he did of Washington. The one by Stuart and several others are very romantic, presumably idealized, portraits. Others are far less flattering. Needless to say, the less flattering ones are less well known.

Perhaps the variation in the portraits also reflects the different sides of Jefferson, the "American Sphinx." Taken together, the originals give a sense of what Jefferson looked like, but none strikes me as the perfect portrait.

The book contains a very unflattering portrait of Washington. That one, as well as the several unflattering ones of Jefferson, make me wonder how accurate the better-known portraits of the Founding Fathers are.

Seeing the many different portraits of Jefferson, ones that flatter as well as ones that don't, help to give a sense of his being a flesh-and-blood human being and not just an icon.