Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Portrait |
Title |
Marquis de Lafayette |
Catalog Number |
1909.4 |
Creator |
Jouett, Matthew Harris, 1787-1827 |
Date |
1825 |
Material(s) |
Paint/Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-104 W-72 inches |
Description |
This is a full-length portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette. He has brown hair and brown eyes and is looking toward the viewer's right. He has a sharp nose and ruddy cheeks. He is wearing a long brown coat over a black suit and white shirt and stock. He is wearing black shoes. His right hand is on his right hip and his left hand is holding a black hat and resting on top of a cane. The cane has a brass tip. A gold watch fob can be seen hanging on the proper left side of his black jacket. The background is a landscape of trees and the front entrance to George Washington's tomb at Mt. Vernon. |
Notes |
Marquis de Lafayette was born in 1775 and died in 1834. Mathew Harris Jouett was born in 1787 and died in 1827. When Lafayette was invited to come to Kentucky, the state legislature approved the money to have Mathew Harris Jouett do a portrait of Lafayette. Jouett traveled to Washington in order to begin the portrait in 1824, but missed Lafayette. Henry Clay told the General about the portrait, and he (Lafayette) left a message with Clay that he was sorry to have missed Jouett and instructed Jouett to make a copy of the one in the U.S. Capitol (the painting done by Ary Scheffer), and that when he arrived in Kentucky he would sit for Jouett so he could touch it up. Or, as Jouett put it "corrected whatever had been superinduced by time, change of health, or other circumstances." Lafayette sat for Jouett in Lexington on May 17th, 1825. |
Collection |
Matthew Jouett Collection |
People |
Jouett, Matthew Harris, 1787-1827 Lafayette, Marquis de, 1757-1834 |
Subjects |
Portrait paintings Paintings |
Search Terms |
Portrait Portrait Paintings Portraits |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |