William Wirt
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As the longest serving United States attorney general to date (1817\u00e2\u0080\u009329), having served under Presidents James Monroe and John Quincy Adams, he transformed this cabinet position into one of sizable influence."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Wirt had recently completed a term in the Virginia House of Delegates when he and his wife, Elizabeth Wirt, sat for portraits by self-taught Massachusetts artist Cephas Thompson. At the time, Thompson was at the height of his career as an itinerant artist, who traveled in the South. Thompson portrayed Wirt in a draped toga, alluding to ancient Roman sculptures of orators. This may be a reference to Wirt\u00e2\u0080\u0099s skilled verbal arguments as the lead prosecutor in former Vice President Aaron Burr\u00e2\u0080\u0099s 1807 trial for treason in Richmond, Virginia."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "A descendant of sitter\u00e2\u0080\u0099s wife Elizabeth Washington Wirt; (C.G. 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