James K. Polk: The People's Choice

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James K. Polk: The People's Choice
James K. Polk: The People's Choice
Publisher (American, 1813 – 1888)
Date1844-1850
MediumHand-colored lithograph
DimensionsComposition: 10 × 9 1/4 in. (25.4 × 23.5 cm) Sheet: 14 × 10 in. (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1949.10
Not on view
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Provenance 1949: Hamilton College, by gift of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Inscribed "JAMES K. POLK. / THE PEOPLES CHOICE. / Lith. & Pub: by N. Currier, 2 Spruce St. N.Y." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "MWPI" on verso at lower left in pencil.
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