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Our President, Old Hickory (President Andrew Jackson)
Our President, Old Hickory (President Andrew Jackson)

Our President, Old Hickory (President Andrew Jackson)

James Hosley Whitcomb (American, 1806 – 1849)
1830
Medium/TechniqueSilhouette paper-cut,, black and brown ink, and watercolor, with limited graphite underdrawing
DimensionsSheet: 24.3 x 30.3 cm (9 9/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number60.886
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ClassificationsWatercolors
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 1830Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)
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