Thomas Jefferson, by Rembrandt Peale, 1800. Shannon LaNier, Jefferson’s sixth-great grandson. Photography by Drew Gardner

“Recentemente, per farsi fare un ritratto, Shannon LaNier si è infilato un soprabito nero sopra la testa e si è avvolto attorno al collo uno spesso collo a strati, un costume da abbinare a quello che Thomas Jefferson indossava in un iconico dipinto del 18° secolo. Il conduttore di Houston partecipava a una serie in corso del fotografo britannico Drew Gardner che ricrea fotografie, dipinti e altre immagini di personaggi storici immortalando i discendenti (The Descendants) in abiti simili…”
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Thomas Jefferson, by Rembrandt Peale, 1800. Shannon LaNier, Jefferson’s sixth-great grandson. Photography by Drew Gardner

Frederick Douglass. Kenneth Morris, Douglass’s third-great grandson. Photography by Drew Gardner

Gerald Charles Dickens, Dickens’ great, great grandson. Charles Dickens, portrait by Herbert Watkins, 1858, © National Portrait Gallery. Photography by Drew Gardner

Irina Guicciardini Strozzi, the 15th great granddaughter of Lisa del Giocondo. The Mona Lisa by Leonardo DaVinci. Photography by Drew Gardner

Helen Pankhurst, Pankhurst’s great granddaughter. Emeline Pankhurst, women’s rights activist. Photography by Drew Gardner

Isambard Thomas, Brunel’s third-great grandson. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, portrait by Robert Howlett, 1857, © National Portrait Gallery. Photography by Drew Gardner

Lucie Rouart, great granddaughter of Morisot. Berthe Morisot, by Edouard Manet, 1872. Photography by Drew Gardner

Tom Wonter, Wordsworth’s fourth-great grandson. William Wordsworth, portrait by William Shuter, 1798, © Cornell University. Photography by Drew Gardner