Andrew Jackson died at the Hermitage on June 8, 1845, and was buried two days later in a garden tomb next to his wife, Rachel. As news of his death spread via mounted couriers, riverboats, and newspapers, communities around the country spontaneously organized funeral processions, eulogies, and other solemnities to mark the former president’s passing. In New York City, businesses closed and four hundred thousand people paid their respects as a five-mile-long funeral procession wound its way through the streets; some spectators climbed trees for a better view. The national outpouring of grief for a fallen hero provided an occasion for new artistic interpretations of Jackson on memorial ribbons, prints, and other objects.
Death of Genl. Andrew Jackson
1845; hand-colored lithograph
by Nathaniel Currier, lithographer
The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1975.119
Funeral Discourse, in Commemoration of the Services and Death of the Late Andrew Jackson: Pronounced at Bayou Sara, Thursday, July 17th, 1845, in Compliance with the Request of its Citizens
by William R. Nicholson, author
St. Francisville: Johnson and Stanard, printers, 1845
The Historic New Orleans Collection, 92-001-RL
Procession in Honor of the Late General Jackson, at New York
1845; hand-colored wood engraving
The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1974.25.5.83
Andrew Jackson funeral ribbon
1845; wood engraving on silk
by an unknown engraver; after Ralph E. W. Earl, artist
The William C. Cook War of 1812 in the South Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection, MSS 557, 2008.0101.9.10
Andrew Jackson funeral ribbon
1845; engraving on silk
by Edward P. Whaites, publisher; after John Wood Dodge, artist
The William C. Cook War of 1812 in the South Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection, MSS 557, 2008.0101.9.2
Andrew Jackson funeral ribbon
1845; wood engraving on silk
by an unknown engraver; after James Barton Longacre, artist
The William C. Cook War of 1812 in the South Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection, MSS 557, 2008.0101.9.3
Andrew Jackson funeral ribbon
1845; engraving on silk
by S. G. Steele, publisher; after James Barton Longacre, artist
The William C. Cook War of 1812 in the South Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection, MSS 557, 2008.0101.9.1
Andrew Jackson funeral ribbon
1845; engraving on silk
The William C. Cook War of 1812 in the South Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection, MSS 557, 2008.0101.9.7
Andrew Jackson funeral ribbon with a black rosette
1845; engraving on silk
by an unknown engraver; after William James Hubard, artist
The William C. Cook War of 1812 in the South Collection at The Historic New Orleans Collection, MSS 557, 2008.0101.9.6