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Andrew Jackson

James Tooley, Jr.1840

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C., United States

In October 1840, the city of New Orleans held a silver jubilee celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the American victory over the British in the Battle of New Orleans. This portrait of Andrew Jackson, the aging hero of that battle, was based on a larger oil painting created during the jubilee. James Tooley Jr., a young Mississippi miniaturist, obtained permission to make a copy from the original.

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  • Title: Andrew Jackson
  • Creator: James Tooley, Jr.
  • Date Created: 1840
  • Physical Dimensions: Ivory: 10.8 × 7.9cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/8")
  • Type: Watercolor on ivory
  • Rights: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. William H. Lively, Mrs. Mary Lively Hoffman, and Dr. Charles J. Lively
  • External Link: https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.66.43
  • Classification: Painting
Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

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