Collection Highlights

Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)

Date:

1842-45

Object Number:

1915.76

Medium:

Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper

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Title

Printed textile

Object name

Broadside

Date

1837

Medium

Silk

Dimensions

Overall: 23 1/4 x 17 in. ( 59.1 x 43.2 cm )

Description

Copper-engraved silk broadside with Andrew Jackson's "Farewell Address" printed in six columns in black on a white ground; decorative border.

Credit Line

Gift of Roger Butterfield

Object Number

1965.8

Marks

printed: all over: "THE/ FAREWELL ADDRESS/ of/ ANDREW JACKSON,/ TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES./ FELLOW CITIZENS/..."

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.