Samuel Adams

April 1775

Not on view

This engraved portrait of the Boston politician and American founding father derives from Copley's famous painting now at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Okey used an intermediary drawing by Mitchell to create his mezzotint.

Artwork Details

Title: Samuel Adams
Engraver: Samuel Okey (British, active 1745–80 (emigrated to United States ca. 1771))
Artist: After intermediary draftsman J. Mitchell (American or British, active 1770s)
Artist: After John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London)
Printer: Reak & Okey (American, New Port, Rhode Island)
Sitter: Samuel Adams (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1722–1803)
Date: April 1775
Medium: Mezzotint
Dimensions: plate: 13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (35.3 x 24.9 cm)
sheet: 15 5/16 x 11 1/8 in. (38.9 x 28.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.61
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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