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East Room in the President's Mansion

Artist
E. Sachse & Co.
Date of Work
1861
Type
Print
Credit
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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East Room in the President's Mansion

This circa 1861 color lithograph depicts the East Room of the White House. Except for the painted ceiling and marble mantelpiece added by President Franklin Pierce in 1854, the room is much as it was when Andrew Jackson decorated it in 1829.