Only Connect - Joseph Haydn <> Thomas Jefferson

How are these sitters connected?

 Joseph Haydn by William Daniell, after George Dance published 1 July 1809 (20 March 1794) NPG D12137

Thomas Jefferson probably by William Holl Sr, after Bouch 19th century NPG D13763

The connection
After his arrival in Paris in 1784, future American President, Thomas Jefferson heard Franz Joseph Haydn’s music played at the Concerts Spirituels.

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