Jun 21, 2018 - Sale 2483

Sale 2483 - Lot 154

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(JACKSON, ANDREW.) "Crackfardi" [David Claypool Johnston], artist. A Foot-Race. Etching, 12x14 1/4 inches; foxing, wrinkling, inscribed "Copy-right secured" in an unknown hand in lower right within platemark; large margins, edges uncut. [Boston, 1824]
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Depicts the 1824 presidential candidates in a hotly-contested foot race. John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and William Crawford sprint toward the finish line while Henry Clay has given up the chase. The onlookers offer a wealth of silly comments. Most notably, ex-president John Adams cheers "Hurra for our Son Jack!" Murrell #102; Reilly 1824-4.