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James Thomson

Engraver John Norman American, born England
Sitter James Thomson British, Scottish
Publisher Robert Bell American
1777
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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

Object Information
  • Title: James Thomson
  • Engraver: John Norman (American (born England), ca. 1748–1817 Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Sitter: James Thomson (British, Ednam, Scotland 1700–1748 Richmond-upon-Thames)
  • Publisher: Robert Bell (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Date: 1777
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 4 5/8 in. (18.3 × 11.8 cm)
    Plate: 6 1/8 × 3 7/16 in. (15.5 × 8.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.632
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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