(JACKSON ANDREW) [Akin James; artist] The Pedlar and his Pac

Sale 2483 - Lot 157

Price Realized: $ 375

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

(JACKSON, ANDREW.) [Akin, James; artist?] The Pedlar and his Pack, or the Desperate Effort, an Over Balance. Hand-colored aquatint, 11x 17 1/2 inches; a few tears and chips outside plate mark, mount remnants on verso. [Philadelphia, 1828]

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Philadelphia publisher John Binns had accused candidate Andrew Jackson of murder using a series of "Coffin Broadsides." Binns is here shown struggling under the weight of these coffins, and the added weight of Jackson's unsuccessful opponents Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams (clutching the presidential chair). Reilly, American Political Prints 1828-3. Provenance: Swann sale, 31 March 2011, lot 245, to the consignor.