Description:
James Madison, Jr. (1751-1836) was a political theorist, American statesman, and the fourth President of the United States. A separately issued print by Nathaniel Currier. 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 President James Madison; Madison sits behind a draped table with documents under his arm and in his hand, he is dressed in a black suit with white shirt, behind him is a green curtain with gold tassel and architectural pillar, print has the inscription, "JAMES MADISON./ Fourth President of the United States/ Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St. N.Y." Inscribed in pencil on the back of the period frame, "Whitcomb"
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