"No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. If virtuous, it need not fear the fair operation of attack and defense. Nature has given to man no other means of sifting out the truth, either in religion, law, or politics."--Thomas Jefferson, 1792. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Object Details

Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Artist
Hans Moller, born Wuppertal, Germany 1905-died Allentown, PA 2000
Sitter
Thomas Jefferson
Date
1951
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Medium
gouache on paper mounted on paperboard
Dimensions
sheet: 23 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (59.2 x 52.6 cm)
Type
Painting
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