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An important contribution to iconographic studies of the presidency, this book employs an innovative approach. Sixty engravings, medals, and silhouettes illustrate the images of Thomas Jefferson that were available to the common man. Without television, photography, or coins that pictured the head of state, the majority of Americans in Jefferson's day knew his likeness mainly from engraved prints, many of questionable artistic merit.Cunningham, Noble E., Jr. is the author of 'Image of Thomas Jefferson in the Public Eye Portraits for the People, 1800-1809' with ISBN 9780813908212 and ISBN 0813908213.
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