Bio Martha Jefferson
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson was born on October 19, 1748 O.S. at her father’s plantation in Charles City County, Virginia. At...
Martha Jefferson
- Artist
- John Hutton
- Date of Work
- ca. 2014
- Medium
- oil paint, copper plate
- Type
- Portrait
- Credit
- John Hutton for the White House Historical Association
Martha Jefferson
This is a modern day painting by John Hutton imagining what Martha Jefferson, the wife of Thomas Jefferson would have looked like when she was alive. There are no surviving historical portraits of Mrs. Jefferson, but family tradition holds she was accomplished, well read, and beautiful. Martha Jefferson died due to complications from childbirth in 1782. Thomas Jefferson was president from 1801 to 1809.
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