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

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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Death of John Quincy Adams at the U.S. Capitol Feby. 23d 1848 comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The title places this lithograph inside the Capitol, which sets it apart from the many prints of Adams's career. Adams, the former president who had returned to Congress as a representative from Massachusetts, collapsed on the House floor on February 21, 1848, and died two days later in the Speaker's Room. Nathaniel Currier issued this hand-colored lithograph in New York that same year, when the public was eager for news of the event. Its title ties the death to the building itself, a reminder that the Capitol became a place of national mourning as well as lawmaking.

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 scan1,439 × 1,140 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219426

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