Major Jack Downing! / from the Painting by J[oseph] T. Harris ; Lith of Endicott & Sons [New York]. – Historic Print
![Major Jack Downing! / from the Painting by J[oseph] T. Harris ; Lith of Endicott & Sons [New York]., [New York : Endicott & Sons, 1833] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/62/62351e162aee-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Major Jack Downing! / from the Painting by J[oseph] T. Harris ; Lith of Endicott & Sons [New York]., preserved in this antique lithograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Major Jack Downing! / from the Painting by J[oseph] T. Harris ; Lith of Endicott & Sons [New York].
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Major Jack Downing, the homespun Yankee narrator whose letters satirized Andrew Jackson's administration, is the subject of this lithograph, made from a painting by Joseph T. Harris. The character was the invention of Maine newspaperman Seba Smith, who began publishing the Downing letters in 1833, and his shrewd, deadpan commentary made the figure one of the most widely read political personas of the Jacksonian era. Endicott & Sons of New York produced the print, and Harris deposited the impression for copyright on December 2, 1833.
| Created / published | [New York : Endicott & Sons, 1833] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on wove paper: lithograph ; image 31.2 x 24.9 cm. |
| Genre | Andrew |
| Notes | Title from item. The Library's impression of the print was deposited for copyright on December 2, 1833 by the artist Joseph T. Harris. DLC Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1833-1. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,168 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-162121 |
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