Vintage portrait painting of American statesman, diplomat and lawyer John Jay (1745 - 1829) - the first US Chief Justice (1789 - 1795).
Vintage portrait painting of American statesman, diplomat and lawyer John Jay (1745 - 1829) - the first US Chief Justice (1789 - 1795). Jay was a prominent political figure during the American Revolution and President of the Second Continental Congress from 1778 to 1779. He also served as US Minister to Spain (1779 - 1782), helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris (1783) which ended the Revolutionary War and was US Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 1784 to 1790. Jay was also Governor of New York State from 1795 to 1801. Detail from a painting circa 1794 by Gilbert Stuart.
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