Object Details
- Exhibition Label
- Born in the Waxhaw Settlement, South Carolina
- Beginning with George Washington’s administration, presidential portrait medals were created to promote peace and friendship between Euro-Americans and Native Americans. Typically manufactured at the U.S. Mint, these “peace medals” were most often given to Native American representatives during treaty negotiations. While some of the original intentions may have been good-willed, a number of government policies, particularly Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act, undermined the purpose of these medals.
- Nacido en el Asentamiento de Waxhaw, Carolina del Sur
- A partir de la administración de George Washington se comenzó la creación de medallas con retratos presidenciales para promover la paz y la amistad entre los estadounidenses de extracción europea y los nativos americanos. Producidas normalmente por la Casa de la Moneda de Estados Unidos, estas “medallas de paz” se obsequiaban por lo general a representantes indígenas durante la negociación de tratados. Aunque las intenciones originales fueran quizás benevolentes, varias de las políticas gubernamentales, sobre todo el Traslado Forzoso de los Indios promulgado por Andrew Jackson,
- contradecían el propósito de estas medallas.
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- America's Presidents (Reinstallation September 2017)
- On View
- NPG, South Gallery 240
- Date
- 1831-1832; medal is inscribed 1829
- Object number
- NPG.99.112
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Betty A. and Lloyd G. Schermer
- Artist
- Moritz Furst, Mar 1782 - after 1841
- John Reich, 1768 - 1833
- Sitter
- Andrew Jackson, 15 Mar 1767 - 8 Jun 1845
- Topic
- Medal\Peace
- Andrew Jackson: Male
- Andrew Jackson: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer
- Andrew Jackson: Military\Army\Officer\General
- Andrew Jackson: Politics and Government\US Senator\Tennessee
- Andrew Jackson: Politics and Government\President of US
- Andrew Jackson: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Tennessee
- Andrew Jackson: Law and Law Enforcement\Judge\Justice\State Supreme Court Justice\Tennessee
- Andrew Jackson: Politics and Government\Governor\Florida
- Andrew Jackson: Congressional Gold Medal
- Portrait
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 7.6cm (3")
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Type
- Medal
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.99.112
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