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Lot Essay
Edward Williams CLAY (1799-1857), artist. Grand Virginia Reel and Scamperdown at the White House. New York: Henry R. Robinson, February 1836.
Spoofing Andrew Jackson's White House. A satire on Jackson's conflict with King Louis-Phillippe over French reparations for losses suffered by American ships during the Napoleonic Wars as provided under the Treaty of 1831. When France's legislature refused to appropriate the funds, Jackson asked Congress to approve military reprisals and the two nations were brought close to open war in 1835. Fortunately for both countries, the British mediated to resolve the impasse—averting war.
Lithograph. Image: 9 9/16 x 18 7/16 in (243 x 467mm), sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 1/2 in (316 x 395mm). (Minor fold separations and tears, loss to right corner neatly repaired.) Framed.
Spoofing Andrew Jackson's White House. A satire on Jackson's conflict with King Louis-Phillippe over French reparations for losses suffered by American ships during the Napoleonic Wars as provided under the Treaty of 1831. When France's legislature refused to appropriate the funds, Jackson asked Congress to approve military reprisals and the two nations were brought close to open war in 1835. Fortunately for both countries, the British mediated to resolve the impasse—averting war.
Lithograph. Image: 9 9/16 x 18 7/16 in (243 x 467mm), sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 1/2 in (316 x 395mm). (Minor fold separations and tears, loss to right corner neatly repaired.) Framed.
