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Death of John Quincy Adams at the U.S. Capitol Feby. 23d 1848 – Historic Reproduction

Death of John Quincy Adams at the U.S. Capitol Feby. 23d 1848, [New York] : N. Currier, c1848. — antique lithograph
Death of John Quincy Adams at the U.S. Capitol Feby. 23d 1848, [New York] : N. Currier, c1848.. Antique lithograph from the U.S. Capitol collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Death of John Quincy Adams at the U.S. Capitol Feby. 23d 1848, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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John Quincy Adams collapsed on the floor of the House of Representatives on February 21, 1848, and died two days later in the Speaker's room of the Capitol, a detail this lithograph by Nathaniel Currier sets out for the public. Adams had served in Congress for nearly two decades after his single term as president, earning the nickname "Old Man Eloquent" for his fierce opposition to slavery and the gag rule. Currier's print, issued in New York that same year, turned a national loss into a widely sold image, and its hand coloring would have been applied by workers on an assembly line. The scene reflects how quickly Americans of the period turned news events into affordable pictures for their parlors.

Created / published[New York] : N. Currier, c1848.
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.
GenreLithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850.
NotesCopyright by N. Currier. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1620.
SubjectsAdams, John Quincy,--1767-1848--Death & burial--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,139 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-111049

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