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FIRST PRESIDENT/ OF THE AMERICAN/ CONGRESS/ His Excell.\y JOHN HANCOCK Esq.\r/ late Governor and Commander in chief of the/ COMMONWEALTH of MASSACHUSETTS.
John Singleton Copley
1775-1810
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Singleton Copley (Designer)
Place of Origin
United Kingdom or United States; Europe or North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1969.0685 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.0685 A
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
FIRST PRESIDENT/ OF THE AMERICAN/ CONGRESS/ His Excell.\y JOHN HANCOCK Esq.\r/ late Governor and Commander in chief of the/ COMMONWEALTH of MASSACHUSETTS.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
John Singleton Copley (Designer)
Place of Origin
United Kingdom or United States; Europe or North America
Origin Notes
Posssibly London.
Date
1775-1810
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- John Hancock
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Etched
- Line Etched with minimal burin work
- Stipple Etched
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
14.1 (H) x 10.2 (W) x 12.6 (Image H) x 9 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
35.8 (H) x 25.9 (W) x 31.9 (Image H) x 22.9 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 13.5 in. (34.2 cm). Plate W: 9.4 in. (24.0 cm). Chain interval: 2.6-2.8 cm.; laid line frequency: 8 per cm. Inset portrait: H: 5.4 in. (13.8 cm). W: 3.9 in. (9.9 cm).
Edition Watermark
partial watermark of a fleur-de-lis
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 62, pp. 114-115.