Downfall of Mother Bank political cartoon, 1833
Permanent ID:
11508Call number:
Bb 612 D758Language:
EnglishDate:
1833Image Description:
President Andrew Jackson holds a document labeled "Order for the removal of the public money deposited in the United States Bank." An upside-down top hat sits on the ground to Jackson's right. Lightning bolts shoot out from the document, causing the pillars of the Second Bank of the United States to topple. Jackson's political foes, including pro-Whig newspaper editors, flee the wreckage, among them Nicholas Biddle (pictured as a devil), Mordecai Manuel Noah, James Watson Webb, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and Silas Wright Jr. Receipts and newspapers are scattered over the ground. The fictional character Major Jack Downing stands to Jackson's left, waving his hat over his head and patting Jackson's shoulder approvingly.Format:
Political cartoonsPublisher:
Historical Society of PennsylvaniaCollection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania medium graphics collectionRelated People or Organizations:
Edward Williams Clay, 1799-1857 (artist)Moloshok, Rachel (Transcribed by)
Moloshok, Rachel (Encoded by)
Historical Society of Pennsylvania (repository)
Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845 (depicted)
Nicholas Biddle, 1786-1844 (depicted)
Mordecai Manuel Noah, 1785-1851 (depicted)
Webb, J. Watson (James Watson), 1802-1884 (depicted)
Daniel Webster, 1782-1852 (depicted)
Henry Clay, 1777-1852 (depicted)
Wright, Silas, 1795-1847 (depicted)
Bank of the United States (1816-1836) (depicted)
William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 (mentioned)
Edward Williams Clay, 1799-1857 (publisher)
National Gazette, 1791-1793 (mentioned)
New York Courier and Enquirer (mentioned)
United States Gazette (mentioned)
National Intelligencer (mentioned)
Evening Star (mentioned)
Kentucky Gazette, 1787-1848 (mentioned)
Boston Courier (mentioned)
Albany Gazette (mentioned)
Columbian Centinel (mentioned)
Journal of Commerce (mentioned)
New-York American (mentioned)
Commercial Advertiser (mentioned)
Pennsylvanian (mentioned)