The Presidents of the United States by Kelloggs & Comstock
date: label: date made
content: ca 1849
name: label: distributor
content: Needham, D.
label: depicted
content: Washington, George
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content: Adams, John
label: depicted
content: Jefferson, Thomas
label: depicted
content: Madison, James
label: depicted
content: Monroe, James
label: depicted
content: Adams, John Quincy
label: depicted
content: Jackson, Andrew
label: depicted
content: Van Buren, Martin
label: depicted
content: Harrison, William Henry
label: depicted
content: Tyler, John
label: depicted
content: Taylor, Zachary
label: depicted
content: Polk, James K.
label: maker
content: Kelloggs & Comstock
notes: label: Description
content: Portraits of the first twelve presidents of the United States are depicted in individual ovals. Zachary Taylor was president when the print was published, so his portrait is placed in the center. His image is surrounded by four American flags, a shield, laurel leaves, and an eagle directly above. In the background, at left and right, are two Corinthian columns. Liberty stands atop the right column, and Victory, atop the left.
label: Description
content: Prints and book illustrations depicting bust portraits of American presidents were fairly common in the first half of the 19th century, and many similar prints were produced a year earlier for the presidential campaign to adorn public buildings and schools, and serve as handouts campaign handouts.
label: Description
content: This print was produced by the lithographic firm of Kelloggs & Comstock. In 1848, John Chenevard Comstock developed a partnership with E.B. and E.C. Kellogg, whose principals were members of a prominent family of publishers based in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1850, Edmund Burke Kellogg left the firm, leaving his brother Elijah Chapman Kellogg and J.C. Comstock to run the lithography firm as Kellogg and Comstock. The short-lived partnership disbanded in 1851. It was not until 1855 that Edmund Burke Kellogg rejoined his brother E.C. Kellogg and continued the success of the family’s lithography firm.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
topic: label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1840-1849
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: Subject
content: U.S. National Government, executive branch
label: depicted
content: Flags
label: depicted
content: Eagles
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: NMAH Reception Suite
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
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.60.2531
label: catalog number
content: 60.2531
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 13 1/2 in x 9 1/4 in; 34.29 cm x 23.495 cm