Brad said I could treat myself to something after he recently got himself an Apple Watch. Meet George. I’m pleased with the quality and scale of this copy from the Museum Company. In October 1785, renowned French sculptor, Jean-Antoine Houdon, sailed to America and eventually up the Potomac to Mount Vernon to create a study for this bust. After seeing a full standing version of the statue, the Marquis de Lafayette exclaimed, "That is the man himself!” Thomas Jefferson was also a fan, he purchased a plaster copy from Houdon’s Paris studio to keep him company at Monticello.