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title: Young Andrew Jackson is Struck by a British Officer
author: Currier & Ives
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21086/young-andrew-jackson-is-struck-by-a-british-office/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
updated: 2025-09-24
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# Young Andrew Jackson is Struck by a British Officer

_Authored by Currier & Ives_

## Image File

[![Young Andrew Jackson is Struck by a British Officer](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21086.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21086.jpg)

## Image Caption

*The Brave Boy of the Waxhaws*, lithographic print by Currier & Ives, 1876.

Depicted here is a young [Andrew Jackson](https://www.worldhistory.org/Andrew_Jackson/) (1767-1845), current captive of the British in the [American Revolution](https://www.worldhistory.org/American_Revolution/) and future president of the United States, being struck by a redcoat officer after refusing to clean the man's boots. The scars left by the officer's saber would serve as a symbol of Jackson's enmity towards [Britain](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Britain/).

The Historic New Orleans Collection, L. Kemper and Leila Moore Williams Founders Collection.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Ives, C. &. (2025, September 24). Young Andrew Jackson is Struck by a British Officer. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21086/young-andrew-jackson-is-struck-by-a-british-office/>
### Chicago
Ives, Currier &. "Young Andrew Jackson is Struck by a British Officer." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 24, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21086/young-andrew-jackson-is-struck-by-a-british-office/>.
### MLA
Ives, Currier &. "Young Andrew Jackson is Struck by a British Officer." *World History Encyclopedia*, 24 Sep 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21086/young-andrew-jackson-is-struck-by-a-british-office/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://catalog.hnoc.org/web/arena/search#/entity/thnoc-archive/1963.22/the-brave-boy-of-the-waxhaws) by **Currier & Ives**. Submitted by [Harrison W. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/harrisonwmark/ "User Page: Harrison W. Mark"), published on 24 September 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, adapt, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.