Selling Andrew Jackson: Ralph E. W. Earl and the Politics of Portraiture

by Rachel Stephens

A thorough examination of the portrait painter who helped shape the image and reputation of an American president

Selling Andrew Jackson is the first book-length study of the American portrait painter Ralph E. W. Earl, who worked as Andrew Jackson's personal artist from 1817 until Earl's death in 1838. During this period Jackson held Earl in close council, even providing him residence at the Hermitage, Jackson's home in Tennessee,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611178665
• ISBN13: 9781611178661
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.0"