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Thomas Jefferson as Minister to France--1784 to 1789 – Historic Reproduction

Thomas Jefferson as Minister to France--1784 to 1789, c. 1936 — historic print
Thomas Jefferson as Minister to France--1784 to 1789, c. 1936. Historic print from the Jefferson collection.

(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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This rare historic print captures Thomas Jefferson as Minister to France--1784 to 1789 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Thomas Jefferson as Minister to France--1784 to 1789

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A color reproduction of a woodcut, this print was issued as part of a 1936 biography calendar and shows Thomas Jefferson in his role as minister to France, a post he held from the mid-1780s until 1789. Those years in Paris were among the most important of his diplomatic career. He worked to build commercial ties between the United States and France and watched the early stages of the French Revolution unfold. The woodcut style and the calendar format reflect how American printmakers of the 1930s often presented the founders as national icons.

Created / publishedc. 1936
Mediumprint, color
NotesThomas Jefferson biography calendar for 1936. Reproduction of a woodcut
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,610 × 2,665 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220087

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