Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans

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Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans
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  • Title :     Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans
  • Artist:     Ethel Magafan Artist
  • Accession:     XX1989.75
  • Country:     United States Cheyenne Wyoming
  • Date:     1943 (installed 1944)
  • Dimensions:     Inches 16-5/8 34 Dimensions, framed Inches 11-3/4 29-1/8 Dimensions, board, Centimeters 42.2 86.4 Dimensions, framed Centimeters 29.8 74.0 Dimensions, board
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Paintings and Sculpture
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     Colonialism , War/Military , WPA/Federal Arts Project , Figurative , New Deal , Public Works , Portraits
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     XX1989.75.JPG
  • Tags:     Colonialism~WPA and the New Deal~War and Political Propaganda~Paintings and Sculpture
Description:
Tempera painting on board mural study depicting Andrew Jackson at the battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1814 and the building of bulwarks by slaves piling up cotton bales.