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The modern balaam and his ass

Hand-colored lithograph of Andrew Jackson riding a balking donkey and raising a cane labeled Veto, with a ghostly figure at left and Martin Van Buren following past banks marked No Specie.
Made by
Henry R. Robinson, publisher
Date
1837
Held by
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Catalog number
LC-DIG-ppmsca-15775; PC/US - 1837.R661, no. 48
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Credit line
H.R. Robinson, The Modern Balaam and His Ass, 1837. Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-15775.
Catalog record
loc.gov

Description

Hand-colored lithograph of Andrew Jackson riding a balking donkey and raising a cane labeled Veto, with a ghostly figure at left and Martin Van Buren following past banks marked No Specie.

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