Thomas Jefferson 1897 Frame Style:Verdigris Frame as if greatness could be

as if greatness could be cataloged like specimens under glass

rendered here in the dignified register of postwar portraiture

and squeezers that turned the Gilded Age cocktail into a small piece of theater

The Vassos Pen Patent — a Study in Industrial Elegance is a piece of living American history — an archival document transformed into a museum-quality framed print for your wall

The Publicans Mechanism — Patent Blueprint of the American Draught is a piece of living American history — an archival document transformed into a museum-quality framed print for your wall

Thomas Jefferson 1897 Frame Style:Verdigris Frame as if greatness could beThomas Jefferson 1897 a late century portrait of the Sage of Monticello, issued seventy years after his death by a republic still arguing over what he meant. The likeness belongs less to the man than to the memory: Jefferson rendered as civic scripture, retouched for a Gilded Age audience. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical