A black-and-white print of an older White man in military uniform standing next to his horse.

Major-General Zachary Taylor. President of the United States.

John Sartain (1808-1897)

Date

1848
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Aquatint, etching, and roulette
Dimensions

Sheet: 32 13/16 x 24 3/4 in.
Image: 20 15/16 x 15 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: FROM AN ORIGINAL DAGUERREOTYPE.
l.c.: MAJOR GENERAL-ZACHARY TAYLOR. \ PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. \ Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1848 by Mess[rs]. \ Sartain & Sloanaker in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the \ Eastern District of Pennsylvania \ PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM SMITH, N[O].706 SOUTH \ 3[D].S[T].PHILAD[A].
l.r.: ENGRAVED BY JOHN SARTAIN.
Verso:
u.l. along edge in graphite: 1110M \ OI
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1982.8
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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