The Presidents of the United States.

PrinterPrinted by Elijah Chapman Kellogg (American, 1811 - 1881)

PublisherPublished by Elijah Chapman Kellogg (American, 1811 - 1881)

PublisherPublished by Horace Thayer & Co. (American, 1852)

Date1853

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width ): 13 9/16 x 9 7/8in. (34.4 x 25.1cm) Sheet (height x width): 14 x 10 1/16in. (35.6 x 25.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number1981.111.3

DescriptionOval portraits of the first fourteen presidents of the United States are grouped around an eagle perched on a shield and cannonballs and cannons grouped with American flags. Female allegorical figures representing Liberty (on the left, with a Liberty cap on a pole) and Justice (on the right, with scales and a sword) stand atop Corinthian columns. Four American flags are grouped at the top of the composition. The frames of the presidential portraits are inscribed as follows: "GEORGE WASHINGTON - 1789 to 1797" "THOS. JEFFERSON - 1801 to 1809" "JAMES MONROE - 1817 to 1825" "ANDREW JACKSON - 1829 to 1837" "WM. H. HARRISON - Inaugurated March 4 died April 4 1841" "JOHN TYLER - April 4, 1841 to 1845" "MARTIN VAN BUREN - 1837 to 1841" "JOHN Q. ADAMS - 1825 to 1829" "JAMES MADISON - 1809 to 1817" "JOHN ADAMS - 1797 to 1801" "JAMES K. POLK - 1845" "MILLARD FILLMORE - July 9, 1850 to 1853" "FRANKN. PIERCE - 1853" "ZACHARY TAYLOR - Inaurgurated March 4th 1849, Died July 9th 1850."

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