Thomas Jefferson No.2

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Thomas Jefferson is a figure American history struggles to summarize. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence at thirty-three, he served as Governor of Virginia, Mi nister to France, the first Secretary of State, the second Vice President, and the third President. From 1801 to 1809 he doubled the country with the Louisiana Purchase, sent Lewis and Clark to map what he had bought, and laid the groundwork for the University of Virginia after he left office. He designed Monticello, kept up a serious correspondence on architecture, agriculture, archaeology, and natural history, and died at Monticello on July 4, 1826 — the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration, the same day John Adams died at Quincy. Almost everything about him was contested in his own time and remains contested now; the achievements and the contradictions are both unmistakably his. This figure is W. Britain's second Jefferson sculpt — the "No. 2" designation indicates a variation on the earlier release. He's depicted in a sky-blue frock coat over a red waistcoat, with the cocked hat and walking stick of a gentleman of the period, hand on hip in a relaxed pose. The blue coat is a distinctive choice that makes the figure stand out alongside the more common dark-coated portrayals of period statesmen. He pairs naturally with Alexander Hamilton 1783 and General Washington Mounted for a Founding Fathers display, and sits in the W. Britain Museum Collection alongside the other named historical individuals. 1/30 scale (60mm), matte-painted, single figure boxed. Catalog number 10061. As with the rest of the W. Britain modern range, the painting is photographic-quality detail intended to read well in dioramas and display cases. Show more