The publication of "Portraits of John Quincy Adams and His Wife" makes available a record which both affords unique visual documentation of the most varied political career in American history and exemplifies the work of the principal American portraitists from the days of Copley and Stuart to the dawn of the Daguerrean era. Included in the volume's 159 illustrations are all the known life portraits, busts, and silhouettes of John Quincy and Louisa Catherine Adams, along with important replicas, copies, engravings, and representative likenesses of their siblings.
The book is organized...
The publication of "Portraits of John Quincy Adams and His Wife" makes available a record which both affords unique visual documentation of the mos...
