VII Mr. and Mrs. Madison 56 VIII Charles Carroll of Carrollton 60 IX The Nation’s Guest, La Fayette 63 X De Witt Clinton 70 XI Henry Clay 73 XII America’s Master Painter, Gilbert Stuart 76 XIII David Porter, United States Navy 93 XIV Richard Rush 98 XV Edwin Forrest 102 XVI Martin Van Buren 104 XVII Death Mask of James Monroe 109 Addendum to Chapter VIII 115 _List of Plates_ Thomas Jefferson, Profile _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE John H. I. Browere 12 John Paulding 28 Isaac Van Wart 32 David Williams 34 Thomas Jefferson 40 John Adams 50 John Quincy Adams 52 Charles Francis Adams 54 James Madison 56 “Dolly” Madison 58 Charles Carroll 60 Marquis de La Fayette 66 De Witt Clinton 70 Henry Clay 74 Gilbert Stuart 78 David Porter 94 Richard Rush 98 Edwin Forrest 102 Martin Van Buren 104 James Monroe’s Death Mask 112 LIFE MASKS I _The Plastic Art_