[The Seven Presidents- Look Sharp]
date: label: Date made
content: 1834
name: label: maker
content: Dorival, John
label: maker
content: A. Baker's Lithog
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is an emblematic patriotic print with hidden portraits of the first seven presidents from George Washington through Andrew Jackson. It is hard to make out the faces, but images of their profiles can be find framing the hill underneath the banner of the country’s motto reading, “El Pluribus Unum.” Surrounding the hill, are various symbols of democracy, including an eagle clutching lightening bolts, three unfurled flags, a liberty cap on a trident, a cannon, a scroll labeled "Declaration of Rights," a horn of plenty, as well as a couple of barrels, a palm tree and an elm tree, an anchor, a scythe, a harrow, fasces, two packages, and a shield of stripes. Below the shield are the verses: “Here on the Rock of Boundless Ages, are Shades of Patriot Chiefs and Sages! Who form’d our Constitutions Plan, On Moral Justice and Rights of Man. Rays of light emanate from the central image, symbolizing the glory of the country. A sailing ship is anchored in the right background, and the left background contains an open-air classical rotunda (peristyle perhaps symbolic of a "Temple of Liberty") topped by a statue.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The lithographer of this print is John Dorival. He was active in New York from 1826 to 1838, and records indicate that he shifted from being an artist to being a merchant during his career.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: U.S. National Government, executive branch
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1830-1839
label: Subject
content: U.S. National Government, judiciary
label: Subject
content: Political Caricatures
label: depicted
content: Eagles
label: depicted
content: Flags
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Peters Political Prints
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3423
label: catalog number
content: 60.3423
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 11 1/8 in x 13 3/4 in; 28.2575 cm x 34.925 cm