
John Clarkson Jay, the subject of this small portrait, was a grandson of the Chief Justice. He became a physician. His portrait was painted around 1828 by Samuel F. B. Morse, seven years before Morse invented the telegraph.
John Clarkson Jay, the subject of this small portrait, was a grandson of the Chief Justice. He became a physician. His portrait was painted around 1828 by Samuel F. B. Morse, seven years before Morse invented the telegraph.