Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Andrew Jackson's Inaugural Address
Object Number:
1952.313
Date:
1829
Medium:
Silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 50.2 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
printed: all over: "ANDREW/ JACKSON"S/ INAUGURAL/ ADDRESS,/ On being sworn into office, as President of the United States, March 4th, 1829./ ..."
printed: bottom: "PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES/ TELEGRAPH, WASHINGTON CITY"
Description:
Copperplate-printed silk satin broadside of Andrew Jackson's Inaugural Address, printed in two columns within a decorative arch, seated portrait of Jackson beneath an eagle with a laurel garland, above the text; printed in black ink on a white ground.
Credit Line:
Purchase
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