Andrew Jackson

Painting

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Name/Title

Andrew Jackson

Entry/Object ID

Jackson, Andrew2

Description

Jackson facing to the viewer's right, wearing a cloak with a white collar and cravat.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

Private Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Wood, Joseph, 1778-1830

Date made

1825 - 1830

Notes

This commanding portrait of Andrew Jackson was executed by an unknown artist after the exceedingly popular, and widely disseminated, likeness created by artist Joseph Wood (1778-1830). Jackson, who was not yet elected to the presidency, sat for the portrait in 1824, while serving in the United States Senate, where he had been concentrated on the tariff bill of 1824. Although Wood's cabinet-sized portrait of Jackson remains unlocated, several engravings of the portrait were produced/ The 1824 stipple engraving by James Barton Longacre is considered to be the earliest and best example, as it was "engraved by J. B. Longacre from an original miniature by J. Wood."1 Longacre's version shows Jackson facing to the right, wearing a cloak with a white collar and cravat, as does the unknown artist's example under discussion. In 1829, Longacre displayed his print in the annual exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; this may have served as inspiration to the as yet unknown artist, as this portrait has a history in that city.

Provenance

Notes

Dr. Joseph F. or T. Wilson (1824-1880) of Philadelphia and his second wife, Eleanor Patterson (1826-1856), to their son James Templeton Patterson Wilson (1856-1934) and his wife, Ann Lydia Livingstone (1858- ), to their daughter Mary Eleanor Wilson (1887-1957) and her husband. Alva Martin Careless (1888-1967), of Transfer Town, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, to their daughter, Ruth Esther Careless (1919-1995) and her husband, Casimer Claudius Legal (1915- ), to their son, who sold it to Dr. David Nelson, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; to Sumpter Priddy III, Inc. to current restricted private owner (2012)

Created By

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Create Date

July 20, 2026

Updated By

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Update Date

July 20, 2026