The downfall of Mother Bank – Historic Print
(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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The downfall of Mother Bank comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The downfall of Mother Bank
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Mother Bank" was the popular nickname for the Second Bank of the United States, and this cartoon imagines its collapse during the bitter 1833 fight over Andrew Jackson's campaign against it, when he moved federal deposits out of the bank. The print names Nicholas Biddle, the bank's president, along with Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and the editors M. M. Noah and J. Watson Webb. The caption credits the drawing to "Zek. Downing," nephew of Jack Downing, a homespun satirical character of the period. This copy is reversed from an original by Edward Williams Clay, published in New York.
| Created / published | N. York : Printed & publd. by H.R. Robinson, 1833. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 23.2 x 33.7 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1830-1840.Political cartoons 1830-1840. |
| Notes | Draw'd off from Natur by Zek. Downing, Neffu to Major Jack Downing. Printed & publd. by H.R. Robinson, 52 Cortlandt St. N. York. The print appears to be a reversed copy of a work of the same title by Edward Williams Clay, deposited for copyright in the New York District Court on October 5, 1833. Weitenkampf and Davison both list the Clay version. Title appears as it is written on the item. Century, p. 40. Davison, no. 62. Murrell, p. 127. Weitenkampf, p. 29. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1833-9. |
| Subjects | Biddle, Nicholas,--1786-1844. Clay, Henry,--1777-1852.--Political activity. Noah, M. M. (Mordecai Manuel),--1785-1851. Webb, J. Watson. (James Watson),--1802-1884. Webster, Daniel,--1782-1852. Economic policy--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,005 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109228 |
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