Banks and Bribery, v.s. Balls and Bumbs/ Scene 1st./ or the Destruction of Aristocracy, Monopoly and Oppression.
date: label: Date made
content: n.d.
name: label: depicted
content: Jackson, Andrew
label: originated character
content: Smith, Seba
label: maker
content: Bisbee, Ezra
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This undated black and white caricature of Andrew Jackson depicts him and Major Jack Downing assisting in the destruction of the Second National Bank of the United States whose “Deposit Pillar” is broken. To Jackson’s left a canon labeled “Deposits” is firing at the bank, symbolizing his destructive decision to remove money from the Second National Bank and deposit it in small local banks. Throughout the chaotic scene are references of occurrences during his administration. These include a bundle of specie currency tossed from the window of the bank, and a copy of the Whig newspaper, Currier and Enquirer, proclaiming “Heavy Failures.” Actively engaged in the destruction, Jackson commands Downing: “Advance Major. Monopoly and Oppression must be put down.” Monopoly and oppression are two faults that Jackson sees with the bank; Downing agrees with Jackson, saying, “smash it down.” Downing is a fictional character created by journalist Seba Smith, and the allegorical persona of Downing symbolized the common man. His support of Jackson references the destruction of the bank had the support of the common man.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The lithographer of this print is Ezra Bisbee (1820-1856). Bisbee was a political cartoonist and print maker based in New York City and Brooklyn as well as on the island of Antigua.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Communication, newspapers
label: Subject
content: Political Caricatures
label: Subject
content: Economy
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Commercial Buildings
label: Subject
content: U.S. National Government, executive branch
label: depicted
content: Jack Downing
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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.60.3345
label: catalog number
content: 60.3345
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 11 1/2 in x 17 in; 29.21 cm x 43.18 cm