LARGE 19TH C. OIL PAINTING OF ANDREW JACKSON

OIL ON COMPOSITION BOARD PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JACKSON MEASURING 43" X 59" . THIS PAINTING DEPICTS JACKSON HOLDING A DOCUMENT PERTAINING TO SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA. JACKSON ATTEMPTED TO NEGOGIATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PANAMA CANAL IN THE 1830'S. "In the mid-1830s, President Andrew Jackson sent Charles Biddle to Central America. He negotiated with Bogotá to build a road to the navigable Chagres River and import two steamships to conduct trade across the isthmus. For his work, Bogotá promised 140,000 acres, an additional 750,000 at fifty cents an acre, and a fifty-year lease. All Biddle's efforts were for naught, however, as Jackson lost interest when a rival Dutch plan in Nicaragua failed." SEE LINK http://www.answers.com/topic/canal-zone THE PAINTING IS RENDERED ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE CANVAS OVER A BOARD OF UNKNOWN COMPOSITION, POSSIBLY GUTTA PERCHA, OR A SIMILLAR COMPOSITION PRODUCT OF THE MIDDLE 19TH CENTURY. THIS PORTRAIT WAS DISCOVERED IN A NEW ENGLAND BARN WRAPPED IN TURN OF THE CENTURY NEWSPAPER AND PACKED IN A SHIPPING CRATE. AN IMPORTANT AND RARE PORTRAIT OF AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT CONTAINING BOTH POWER AND CONTENT

THE PANEL IS CLEANLY SPLIT IN HALF AND IS LACKING ONLY A SMALL THUMBNAIL FRAGMENT AT THE BASE.WE DID NOT ATTEMPT TO CLEAN OR RESTORE IN ANY WAY!