Sketch of Mr. Jefferson's seat, Monticello – Historic Reproduction
![Sketch of Mr. Jefferson's seat, Monticello, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ca/ca13778c00df-L.webp)
(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 antique engraving captures Sketch of Mr. Jefferson's seat, Monticello in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Sketch of Mr. Jefferson's seat, Monticello
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Few views of Monticello from this period show the house as clearly as this engraving, which presents Thomas Jefferson's Albemarle County estate as a dignified country seat set among its grounds. The print appeared in the Literary and Scientific Repository, a periodical whose early volume included illustrations of notable places and people alongside its essays. Jefferson designed the house himself and worked on it for decades, so the image records a building that reflected his interest in classical architecture and in the planning of his land. The record does not give a date, but the engraving is a useful witness to how Jefferson's home was publicly presented during his lifetime.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Literary and Scientific Repository, vol. 1, at contents of No. II No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Pres. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,099 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150292 |
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