Letter from Thomas Jefferson, to Mr. Weightman, Late Mayor of Washington – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Letter from Thomas Jefferson, to Mr. Weightman, Late Mayor of Washington. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Letter from Thomas Jefferson, to Mr. Weightman, Late Mayor of Washington
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Jefferson's own handwriting is not reproduced here, but the printed text of his June 1826 letter to Roger C. Weightman, then mayor of Washington, declines an invitation to the city's Fourth of July celebration. Jefferson cited his age and frail health, and he died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The small wood engraving, signed by the engraver Anderson after a drawing by Brown, shows how newspapers and keepsake publications of the period reproduced such letters as public tributes. Its brief text turned a polite refusal into one of the last public statements of a Founding Father.
| Created / published | c. 1826 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, wood-engraving with letterpress on wove paper, 7.6 x 12.6 cm. |
| Notes | 1826 Signed: Brown Delineavit. Anderson Sculpsit |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,450 × 2,400 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-119139 |
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