Print (Engraving)

Museum Object Number 1976.0238

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

The Hon.\ble JOHN HANCOCK. Esq.\r

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Paul Revere Jr. (Engraver)

John Singleton Copley (Painter)

Isaiah Thomas (Publisher)

Date of Birth

12/21/173407/03/173801/19/1749

Date of Death

05/10/181809/09/18151831

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1774-1774

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; P Revere Sc

Subjects

Portrait; Allegory

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Hand colored, Line engraved, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

8.3 (H) , 4.9 (W) , 4.1 (Image H) , 3.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21 (H) , 12.4 (W) , 4.1 (Image H) , 3.7 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Thomas, Isaiah

Publication Date

03//1774

Place of Publication

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

Frontispiece from The Royal American Magazine, or, Universal Repository of Instruction and Amusement, vol. 1, no. 5. (Boston: Isaiah Thomas, March 1774).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Brigham, Clarence S. 1954 Paul Revere's Engravings.
• See pp. 82-4, pl. 34.