John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) 
Anti-Coffin Handbill Cartoon
C. 1828 
10" x 14" sight, 12 1/4" x 16 3/4" frame 
 
Hand-colored engraved cartoon titled: "The Pedlar and his Pack or the Desperate Effort, an Over Balance." Clay, Adams, and the originator of the coffin handbill, John Binns, struggle to maintain their position in the wake of their political miscalculation.