Matthew Harris Jouett
Matthew Harris Jouett (Mercer County, Kentucky, 22 April 1788 – Lexington, Kentucky, 10 August 1827) was an American portrait painter.
Jouett was the son of Sallie Robards and Jack Jouett, a hero of the American Revolution. The elder Jouett sent his son to Transylvania University and encouraged him to study law, but Matthew spent much of his time painting. The frustrated father commented "I sent Matthew to college to make a gentleman of him, and he has turned out to be nothing but a damned sign painter."
Jouett served as a lieutenant of the 28th infantry in the War of 1812. He was promoted to captain. After the war, he studied portraiture and went to Boston to study with Gilbert Stuart in 1816. Jouett painted in New Orleans, Natchez, Mississippi, and Kentucky. He was commissioned by the Kentucky legislature to paint a portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette. Jouett also painted Thomas Jefferson and the child Catherine Cornelia Prather.
Jouett was the father of James Edward Jouett, a naval officer. James served with Admiral David Farragut and was immortalized in Farragut's famous quote "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells! Captain Drayton go ahead! Jouett full speed!"
Matthew Jouett is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson
Further reading
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- Mills, Sally. "Jouett, Matthew Harris." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed January 4, 2012; subscription required).
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External links
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- Entry for Matthew Harris Jouett on the Union List of Artist Names
- Matthew Harris Jouett on Artcyclopedia (with links to works in various museum collections)
- Jack Jouett House Historic Site, Versailles, KY
- Entry for Matthew Jouett in the archive of the Collins Collection
- Pages with broken file links
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- 1788 births
- 19th-century American painters
- Painters from Kentucky
- People from Mercer County, Kentucky
- Transylvania University alumni
- Burials at Cave Hill Cemetery
- 1827 deaths
- United States Army officers
- American military personnel of the War of 1812