The Hon.\ble JOHN HANCOCK./ of BOSTON in NEW-ENGLAND; PRESIDENT of the AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Prints and Maps
C. Shepherd (Publisher)
Littleford (Painter)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
October 25 1775 (1775-1775)
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint with some burin work
1957.0091.001
Object Number1957.0091.001 |
Print (Mezzotint)
The Hon.\ble JOHN HANCOCK./ of BOSTON in NEW-ENGLAND; PRESIDENT of the AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Prints and Maps
Museum purchase
C. Shepherd (Publisher)
Littleford (Painter)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
October 25 1775 (1775-1775)
1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; London, Published as the Act directs 25 Octo.\r 1775 by C. Shepherd.
2. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; Done from an Original Picture Painted by Littleford.
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint with some burin work
14.1 (H) , 9.3 (W) , 12.7 (Image H) , 9.31 (Image W)
35.8 (H) , 23.7 (W) , 12.7 (Image H) , 9.31 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Trimmed within platemark. Chain intervals: 2.6-2.8 cm; laid lines 8 per cm.
Shepherd, C.
10/25/1775
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
I
Unidentified, with a coat-of-arms and the text: "FAL/ WANG FIN" (Heawood 617).
Only one state recorded.
Text available soon.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 63, p. 115.
[Book] Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits: Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 4. 1429-1780.
• Print listed as cat. no. 6, p. 1715.