Decapitation of a great block head,Andrew Jackson,Boston,Massachusetts,1834

Title: The decapitation of a great block head by the mysterious agency of the claret coloured coat
Date Created/Published: [Boston? : s.n.], 1834.
Summary: A cryptic and anonymous satire probably referring to the 1834 'decapitation' of the wooden figure-head of Andrew Jackson, placed on the ship 'Constitution' when it was refitted at Boston. The deed was perpetrated after Boston Whigs protested the newly-placed improvement. In a thunderstorm two ships, the 'Independence' and 'Constitution' are moored at a dock. A sentry on the deck of the former says 'All's well.' In the foreground another sentry sleeps leaning on a post. Two small demons have just removed the head of Jackson from the figure-head, and it is borne off by an empty coat. Malcolm Johnson (no. 142) records another satire on this incident, produced by David Claypool Johnston for Anthony Imbert.
Notes:
Title appears as it is written on the item.
Weitenkampf, p. 26.
Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1834-13.
Subjects:
Jackson, Andrew,--1767-1845.
Boston (Mass.)--1830-1840.
Lithographs--1830-1840.
Political cartoons--1830-1840.
Bookmark /2008661776/
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