Title: john q. Adams, president of the united states
abstract: print shows john qincey adams, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, with a short pillar pedestal in the foreground, on which rests a book and paper, and a chair labeled "u. S. " with an eagle bearing a striped shield in the background. Also shows an emblem, at center of the title, of an eagle, within a circle of stars, with wings spread and bearing a device labeled "nunc sidera ducit". Physical description: 1 print: stipple and line engraving; sheet 46 x 34. 5 cm. Notes: inscribed in pencil on lower right: 3398-6 b.;publication date based on copyright statement on item.;title from item.;t. Gimbrede professor of drawing at west point del. & sculp.;caption continues: respectfully dedicated by the author to col. S. Thayer suprdt. U. S. Mility. Academy.;printed on lower right: ridley printer n. Y.;forms part of: popular graphic art print filing series (library of congress). Date: 1826.
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