John Quincy Adams.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1848-1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 9/16in. (30.2 x 21.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 x 12 11/16in. (43.2 x 32.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionAn elderly man wearing a coat, vest, shirt, necktie, and pants is slumped in an armchair. His left arm hangs over the arm of the chair. He is supported from behind by a second man. A third man leans over him and holds his right wrist. A large crowd of additional men surrounds them. One man, standing beside a column, looks over the heads of the others. Another column is at the far left. Fringed drapery is in the background.

Object number1950.202.56

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "JOHN QUINCY ADAMS / SEIZED WITH A FIT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBY. 21ST 1848. / 152."

On verso, in pencil: upper left, "Print / Box 1 / #7" "Acc #866"; center, "Dwr 9"; lower center, "2.50 each"; lower right, "S. St. J. Morgan." accession number.

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