"Images and Shadows of Jonathan Edwards" presents an altered view of the man.  This text looks at Edwards as a transition piece in the History of American Theological development.  He still believed in solid exegesis and yet veered into topical and emotional appeals allowing for liberal alterations on past traditions.  Also it demonstrates the philosophy and mental complexity of Edwards.  There are comprehensive examples of how Edwards and his congregation were paving a new road of thought and tradition for the contemporary Puritan Church.  The passage also indicates, backed by the words of Edwards himself, that he had a genuine concern for the prosperity of America itself as a people.  Much of his views on the "end times" were tied to the United States, such as they would become.  This just goes to show that he had vested interest in those he spoke to, and had a firm belief backing the sermons he delivered.

Here is a painting hard to get wrong.  It is a portrait that is similar to almost every other portrait possible to find of Edwards.  He always is wearing his distinctive straight collar called a Falling collar or falling band which was part of the Anglican clerical clothing into the 19th century*.  He is also sporting a warm and pleasant face here and my point with that information is simple.  If there was not somewhere evidence and a belief that at least occasionally he was able to be pleasant, then no such representation would have been made.  He is still professional and posed the same, but someone figured "hey he probably had fun once in a while too" 

Footnote:
*Please note that after exaughstive searching I finally found only minor references to what I believe was the kind of collar Jonathan Edwards is seen wearing in his portraits and there is some variations in what I did find not to mention the source being anything but foolproof. 

Jackson Boyett, who monologues about, and then delivers, "Sinners in the Hands of and Angry God" is correct in saying that the message is America’s most famous sermon, and therefore a pinnacle of the genius of Edwards.  He also makes my point that many people take snippets out of this sermon to try and mold the entire person of Edwards to these out of context bits.  Yet the sermon led to the salvation of many in its own part of the Great Awakening giving those who received it assurance and freedom from past haunts of religious conviction.  In this way not only the context and internal parts of the sermon are opposite to that often portrayed but the external results, results still being sought by modern pastors such as Boyett.