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Chief Justice John Marshall Administering the Oath of Office to Andrew Jackson on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1829 – Historic Reproduction

Chief Justice John Marshall Administering the Oath of Office to Andrew Jackson on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1829, 1973–1974 — historic photograph
Chief Justice John Marshall Administering the Oath of Office to Andrew Jackson on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1829, 1973–1974. Historic photograph 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Chief Justice John Marshall Administering the Oath of Office to Andrew Jackson on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1829. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Chief Justice John Marshall Administering the Oath of Office to Andrew Jackson on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1829

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Few early inaugurations drew a crowd like the one that gathered in 1829 for Andrew Jackson, and this ceiling mural records the moment Chief Justice John Marshall administered the oath on the Capitol's East Portico. Allyn Cox painted the composition in the 1970s, and this color photograph documents the finished work. The pairing is worth noticing: Marshall had shaped the Supreme Court for three decades from a Federalist vantage, while Jackson came to office as a critic of the political establishment and a champion of ordinary voters.

Created / published1973–1974
Mediumphotographic print, color, photograph of ceiling mural
NotesAllyn Cox. Courtesy Architect of the Capitol
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,870 × 3,101 px · prints to 13 × 10 in at 300 dpi
Reference1829 02935u first inauguration

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