Levi Woodburn, Secretary of Treasury
Medium
Lithograph on chine laid down on paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
Sheet (mount): 52.8 × 31.7 cm (20 13/16 × 12 1/2 in.); Sheet: 30.7 × 28.8 cm (12 1/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
149594
Art Historical Context
This striking 1837 lithograph by Charles Fenderich portrays Levi Woodburn, who served as Secretary of the Treasury during a pivotal period in early American finance. Created just as the United States grappled with economic challenges following the Bank War, the portrait captures an official whose role placed him at the center of national policy debates. Fenderich, a skilled printmaker active in the mid-nineteenth century, specialized in dignified likenesses of political figures, helping to shape public perceptions through widely distributed images. The work employs the chine collé technique, ...