Cooking Over Done, or View of the Kitchen Cabinet in Distress
date: label: Date made
content: 1833?
name: label: depicted
content: Van Buren, Martin
label: depicted
content: Jackson, Andrew
label: originated character
content: Smith, Seba
label: depicted
content: Kendall, Amos
label: depicted
content: Taney, Roger Brooke
label: depicted
content: Barry, William Taylor
label: maker
content: Bisbee, Ezra
label: maker
content: Bisbee, Ezra
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This 1833 black and white caricature of Andrew Jackson and his “Kitchen Cabinet” of personal advisors captures the administration’s decision to remove money from the Second National Bank and move it to local banks supportive of Jackson. In this image two of Jackson’s most trusted advisors, Amos Kendall and William T. Barry sit at a table with Major Jack Downing, while Secretary of the Treasury, Roger Brooke Taney lies on the floor in front of a fire in a fireplace. Major Jack Downing is a fictional character created by journalist Seba Smith, and the allegorical persona of Downing symbolized the common man. His depiction in this cartoon symbolizes Jackson’s commitment to the common man, but also that he himself was one since he values and seeks Downing’s input on what to do in the situation. As Downing prepares to read the pro-Jackson “Globe” newspaper in front of him, the “Bank Beef” burns on the hearth in the background. The cartoon places some of the blame for the destruction of the bank on Vice President Martin Van Buren, who is seen peeking through the curtains in the background, but actually, it was a collective effort that brought down the bank.
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: 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.60.3335
label: catalog number
content: 60.3335
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 9 3/8 in x 13 1/4 in; 23.8125 cm x 33.655 cm