Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt
A fragment of a magazine article, containing a black and white image of the John Singer Sargent painting of Theodore Roosevelt.
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1904
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Portrait painting
Letter from Mr. Egan to Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Egan introduces the painter Johann Waldemar de Rehling Quistgaard to Theodore Roosevelt and hopes he will view Quistgaard’s paintings. Quistgaard has painted Princess Marie and Roosevelt’s friend, Prince Hans.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-05
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Letter from Ida M. Tarbell to Charles M. Shean
Ida M. Tarbell expresses her appreciation of Charles M. Shean’s portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-22
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Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Albert Rosenthal
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Albert Rosenthal that it is impossible for Roosevelt to sit for his portrait now or to arrange for any sittings during the summer. Roosevelt simply does not have the time.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-05-01
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Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Albert Rosenthal
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary is sorry to inform Albert Rosenthal that Roosevelt is too busy with work to agree to sit for the painting of his portrait at the present time.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-04-24
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mark Sullivan
Theodore Roosevelt would be delighted to have the painting Mark Sullivan requested photographed for reproduction in Charles Henry Davis’s pamphlet. Roosevelt is happy to write whatever letter is necessary for its use. Roosevelt agrees that the best portrait of himself is the one made for Arthur Hamilton Lee.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-06-01
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Johann Waldemar de Rehling Quistgaard
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Johann Waldemar de Rehling Quistgaard for this courtesy and apologizes for not being able to see his portrait due to his physical limitations and his limited trips to New York.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1914-12-04
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Denis Joseph O’Connell
President Roosevelt is glad that Bishop O’Connell called about Cecile de Wentworth, and speaks out against her “being given the chance to paint frightful daubs of prominent men because unwise friends of hers and of those prominent men ask that she be given sittings.” Roosevelt gave Wentworth a sitting on the recommendation of Father Alexander Patrick Doyle, but she produced a poor portrait and then demanded it be given a place in a museum it did not deserve. Roosevelt believes that good painters are good painters regardless of their religion, and that bishops of other Christian sects would not be justified in asking for special privileges for artists of their denomination. Roosevelt will try to protect president-elect William H. Taft from being painted by poor artists.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-12-07
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Lang Freer
President Roosevelt tells Charles Lang Freer that if Gari Melchers is going to paint his portrait, he should start as soon as possible.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-21
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Hamilton Lee
Responding to a letter from Arthur Hamilton Lee, President Roosevelt notes that A. Maurice Low was blacklisted from access to the White House or other governmental agencies after he printed slanderous material. Roosevelt is surprised that Fabian Ware keeps Low on the staff of London’s Morning Post. Roosevelt agrees to have Fülöp László paint his portrait. Roosevelt also informs Lee about international relations between the United States and Canada, particularly with reference to immigration from Japan. He recounts discussions he has had with William Lyon Mackenzie King on this subject, and what the position of the United States is on the matter–namely, that working class Japanese immigrants should be kept out of English-speaking countries, and that working class immigrants from English-speaking countries should be kept out of Japan.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-02
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecile de Wentworth
Although “churlish” to decline a portrait by artist Cecile De Wentworth, President Roosevelt gets too many requests to have his portrait painted. However, he asks De Wentworth for a different painting and will discuss it with Father Alexander Patrick Doyle.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-10-09
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Burroughs
President Roosevelt hopes to see the portrait at the Cosmos Club. Regarding the horse, Roosevelt believes that it was purchased and he received the money.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-12-04
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Sullivan Clarkson
President Roosevelt does not believe that he can take the time to sit for the production of his bust. He vowed after the John Singer Sargent painting that he would not sit for another painting or bust.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-07
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Ralph Burton
President Roosevelt declines Joseph Ralph Burton’s request that he sit for another portrait, explaining that two good pictures have already been painted and any future paintings of Roosevelt should be replicas of these.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-08
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John La Farge
President Roosevelt cannot send the picture to an exhibition because it is government property.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-03-10
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emily Tuckerman
President Roosevelt thanks Emily Tuckerman for the clipping and was pleased to see her.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-02-20
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Singer Sargent
President Roosevelt offers John Singer Sargent a room at the White House while he paints the portrait.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-29
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Hooper
President Roosevelt agrees that the picture can be made but would like a few days to think over how it should be done.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-02
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Hooper
President Roosevelt requests a few days to think over William Hooper’s portrait proposition.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-29
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Invitation from John Burroughs to Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt is invited to a private viewing of John Burroughs’ portrait painted by Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-04-05