Bio Rachel Jackson
Wearing the white dress she had purchased for her husband’s inaugural ceremonies in March 1829, Rachel Donelson Jackson was buried in...
Rachel Jackson
- Artist
- Howard Chandler Christy
- Date of Work
- 1941
- Medium
- oil paint
- Type
- Portrait
- Credit
- White House Collection/White House Historical Association
Rachel Jackson
This oil on canvas portrait of Rachel Jackson was painted in 1941 by Howard Chandler Christy after an earlier work by Ralph E. W. Earl. Rachel Jackson was married to President Andrew Jackson, but died suddenly just after his election and before he was inaugurated. Because of this, she never officially held the title of First Lady. The first lady's duties as official White House hostess were undertaken by her niece, Emily Donelson.
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