Eye Color
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| == Contemporary Accounts == | == Contemporary Accounts == | ||
| - | 1801-1809. Joseph Delaplaine, visitor. "...his eyes are light..."<br> | + | '''1801-1809.''' Joseph Delaplaine, visitor. "...his eyes are light..."<br> |
| - | 1806-1821. Edmund Bacon, overseer at Monticello. "He had blue eyes..."<br> | + | '''1806-1821.''' Edmund Bacon, overseer at Monticello. "He had blue eyes..."<br> |
| - | 1814. Francis Calley Grey, visitor. "...light gray eyes..."<br> | + | '''1814.''' Francis Calley Grey, visitor. "...light gray eyes..."<br> |
| - | 1823. Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, visitor. "His eyes were light blue or gray..."<br> | + | '''1823.''' Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, visitor. "His eyes were light blue or gray..."<br> |
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| - | 1824. Daniel Webster, visitor to Monticello. "His eyes are small, very light..."<br> | + | |
| + | '''1824.''' Daniel Webster, visitor to Monticello. "His eyes are small, very light..."<br> | ||
| == Secondhand Accounts == | == Secondhand Accounts == | ||
Revision as of 14:54, 25 May 2007
There seems to be no concensus on Thomas Jefferson's eye color. They were variously described by family, friends, employees, and others as blue, gray, "light," hazel, and combinations thereof.
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Contemporary Accounts
1801-1809. Joseph Delaplaine, visitor. "...his eyes are light..."
1806-1821. Edmund Bacon, overseer at Monticello. "He had blue eyes..."
1814. Francis Calley Grey, visitor. "...light gray eyes..."
1823. Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, visitor. "His eyes were light blue or gray..."
1824. Daniel Webster, visitor to Monticello. "His eyes are small, very light..."
Secondhand Accounts
1858. Randall, Life. "His full, deep set eyes, the prevailing color of which was light hazel (or flecks of hazel on a groundwork of grey)..." (p. 34)
1875. Randolph, Domestic Life. "...his eye, hazel..."
1948. Malone, vol. 1. "His eyes were hazel, though often described in later years as blue..." (p. 48)
Footnotes
See Also
Further Sources
- Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. "Physical Descriptions of Thomas Jefferson." http://www.monticello.org/reports/people/descriptions.html.
