[The Soldier's Return.]
date: label: Date made
content: 1836
name: label: depicted
content: Jackson, Andrew
label: depicted
content: Gaines, Edmund Pendleton
label: depicted
content: Macomb, Alexander
label: depicted
content: Scott, Winfield
label: depicted
content: Cass, Lewis M.
label: maker
content: Robinson, Henry R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This 1836 hand colored print depicts President Andrew Jackson and Secretary of the Navy Lewis Cass, seated and fending off the demands of Generals Alexander Macomb, Winfield Scott, and Edmund P. Gaines regarding the Seminole Indian uprisings in Florida. Jackson was deeply involved in the uprisings. In 1817 he lead a brutal attack on Seminole villages as an Army General, and then once elected president, worked to pass the Indian Removal Act of 1830 that dictated all Seminole Indians be moved West of the Mississippi River. It became clear that the Seminoles were resistant to moving, so Florida began preparing for war. Following the 1835 Dade Massacre, the United States sent troops to join those already in Florida. The Seminoles proved themselves to be a formidable opponent, challenging the military. Given his involvement in the first Seminole uprising, Jackson is enraged by the Generals’ failures saying, “I see I must resume the sword once more!” The Generals are grumbling about the state of the war, blaming their failures on lack of troops and the challenge of fighting. Similar to Jackson, Secretary Cass is not sympathetic to the plight of the Generals, and tells them to be patient and to stop bothering him while he figures out how to proceed. This uprising was not easily quelled by the military, and it did not end until 1842.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The lithographer of this print is Henry R. Robinson (1827-1877). Robinson worked in New York, and had a store to sell his prints. In 1842, he was arrested for selling obscene pictures and books leading to the September 28, 1842 court case, People vs H. R. Robinson found in the District Attorney Indictment Papers, Municipal Archives. He was politically affiliated with the anti-Jackson Whig party which was made obvious by the wig silhouette used in 1838 as an advertising logo for his shop.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Furnishings
label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1830-1839
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
label: referenced
content: Indians
label: referenced
content: Native Americans
label: Subject
content: Political Caricatures
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content: Peters Political Prints
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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.60.3391
label: catalog number
content: 60.3391
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 10 1/2 in x 16 3/4 in; 26.67 cm x 42.545 cm