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President Andrew Jackson, Hiram Powers, modeled 1835
Hiram Powers, portraitHiram PowersAmerican, 1805–1873

President Andrew Jackson

modeled 1835 · Sculpture · 72.1 × 59.3 cm

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

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Hiram Powers modeled this portrait of Andrew Jackson during his second term as president. Sixty-seven-year old Jackson removed his false teeth for the sittings, insisting, "Make me as I am, Mr. Powers . . . I have no desire to look young as long as I feel old." Powers faithfully sculpted Jackson's sunken upper jaw and the heavy folds of his skin but added a classical flair by draping the bust with a toga and leaving the eyeballs uncarved to reflect contemporary neoclassical tastes. The portrait was deemed a true likeness of the problematic figure, who benefitted financially from labor of enslaved people and whose administration was marked by policies of racial violence, including the Indian Removal Act.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Accession number
1968.155.58

What it shows

OccupationsManPortraitPoliticalPresidents

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SculpturePlasterRomanticism19th century

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