1John Adams to Abigail Adams, 6 July 1774 (Adams Papers)
...always to discuss the Question, without all Painting, Pathos, Rhetoric, or Flourish of every...
2John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 October 1775 (Adams Papers)
...of Boston or others, a proper Set of Paintings of the Scenes of Distress and Misery,...
3John Adams to Abigail Adams, 21 August 1776 (Adams Papers)
...shewed me some Books upon the Art of Painting, among the rest one by Sir Joshua Reynolds,...
4John Adams to Abigail Adams, 27 April 1777 (Adams Papers)
...think that not only History should perform her Office, but Painting, Sculpture, Statuary,
5John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 April 1778 (Adams Papers)
.... The public Buildings and Gardens, the Paintings, Sculpture, Architecture, Musick, &c....
6John Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 May 1780 (Adams Papers)
...with Descriptions of Temples and Palaces, Paintings, Sculptures, Tapestry, Porcelaine, &c....
7John Adams to Abigail Adams, 25 July 1782 (Adams Papers)
...varieties of shellfish; he executed work in painting and sculpture that won recognition;...
8John Adams to Abigail Adams, 8 November 1783 (Adams Papers)
.... There is an inestimable Collection of Paintings by the greatest Masters, Raphael, Rubens...