Matthew Harris Jouett was a noted American portrait painter, famous for painting portraits including Thomas Jefferson, George Rogers Clark and Lafayette.
Matthew Harris Jouett (copy of one of the original Jouett self-portraits, done by an unknown artist)
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson
Henry Clay, 1818, Transylvania University
Portrait of Sarah Low Norton, c. 1820–1825, Speed Art Museum
John Jouett Jr. was an American farmer and politician in Virginia and Kentucky best known for his 40-mile (64 km) ride during the American Revolution. Sometimes called the "Paul Revere of the South", Jouett rode to warn Thomas Jefferson, then the outgoing governor of Virginia that British cavalry had been sent to capture them. After the war, Jouett moved across the Appalachian Mountains to what was then called Kentucky County. He thrice served in the Virginia House of Delegates, first representing Lincoln County and later Mercer County before Kentucky's statehood. Jouett also represented Mercer County at the Danville Separation Convention in 1788. He later served three terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives, first representing Mercer County, then adjoining Woodford County.
The only known depiction of Jack Jouett made while he was living, a silhouette by his son, Matthew
"Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton" by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
Tarleton's Cavalry in a later fight (1814 engraving)
