Description:
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) was an American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He also served as a diplomat, a Senator and member of the House of Representatives. A separately issued print by “America’s printmakers.” From 1834 to 1907 the firm of Nathaniel Currier and (after 1856) Currier & Ives provided for the American people a wide and varied gallery of prints for the new mass market of middle class society. The firm was the most successful American popular printmaker, issuing over 8,000 different prints. Their success was the result of their good business sense and their accurate instincts of what the American public wanted. Their images have become classics, capturing the life and times of nineteenth-century America. One of the more successful of their series were the portraits of the U.S. Presidents which they began issuing in the 1840s. Framed print portrait of John Quincy Adams, Adams sits in a chair next to a covered desk or table, he holds a small book in his hands, and his arm rests on papers and an open book, Adams is dressed in a black suit with a white shirt, there is a green swag curtain with tassel in the background, printed at the bottom, "JOHN QUINCY ADAMS./ Sixth President of the United States./ Lith & Pub by N. Currier 2 Spruce St. N.Y." Inscribed in pencil on the reverse of the frame is "Whitcomb" and "5".
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