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Our President, Old Hickory (President Andrew Jackson)
James Hosley Whitcomb (American, 1806 – 1849)
1830
Medium/Technique
Silhouette paper-cut,, black and brown ink, and watercolor, with limited graphite underdrawing
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.3 x 30.3 cm (9 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.886
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1276, fig. 331 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- various. President Jackson in unifom, head in silhouette, mounted in profile to right, holding out hat in left hand.
InscriptionsCut out and pasted to cardboard with ground added and scroll with lettering: OUR / PRESIDENT / OLD HICKORY
Lower right in pen: Cut with scissors/ and painted by / J. H. Whitcomb / in 1830
Lower right in pen: Cut with scissors/ and painted by / J. H. Whitcomb / in 1830
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)