John Hancock, Esqr., Late President of the American Congress
A bust length portrait of Nathaniel Green in uniform, facing right within an oval frame topped with swags, set over a small landscape that shows a woman allegorically representing America, nursing two children representing different races, and looking back at British and American armies confronting one another. Published as an illustration in "An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the end of the war," Boston, printed by Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, 1781, v. 1, frontispiece.
Artwork Details
- Title: John Hancock, Esqr., Late President of the American Congress
- Engraver: John Norman (American (born England), ca. 1748–1817 Boston, Massachusetts)
- Sitter: John Hancock (American, Braintree, Massachusetts 1737–1793 Boston, Massachusetts)
- Date: 1781
- Medium: Etching and engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 6 9/16 × 3 15/16 in. (16.7 × 10 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
- Object Number: 24.90.634
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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