The Erie Canal was a huge political, economic, and social change in life. This was one of the great things that had happened in the age of Jackson. The title of the picture was "Entrance of the Canal into the Hudson at Albany", by James Eights. The artwork first appeared in 1824. Target of the picture of was the country to show what a great thing was being made and what is was looking like. The picture was taken because he wanted to show people what the canal had looked like and what it would be used for...