Major General John Sullivan

(?) Anonymous, British, 18th century British
 Said to have been published by Thomas Hart British
 Sitter Major General John Sullivan American

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The son of Irish immigrants, Sullivan was elected to the Continental Congress, served as a major general in the Continental army during the American Revolution, and later became governor of New Hampshire. This mezzotint portrait published in London shortly after the Declaration of Independence, shows him holding a spontoon (or half pike) and wearing a sword.

Major General John Sullivan, (?) Anonymous, British, 18th century, Mezzotint

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