Andrew Jackson

Art Historical Context

This striking 1829 print portrait of Andrew Jackson, created by engraver Francis Kearny (5–1837), the newly inaugurated seventh President of the United States at a pivotal moment in American history. Produced in the year Jackson took office, it reflects the era's fervor for the "people's president," a Tennessee lawyer, general, and hero of the Battle of New Orleans who also earned a Congressional Gold Medal for his Florida campaigns. As a print from the Smithsonian Art Museum's National Portrait Gallery collection, it exemplifies early 19th-century reproductive techniques, likely engraving, wh...