Major General John Sullivan
Engraver Anonymous, 18th century
Publisher 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. While engraved text identifies the publisher as Thomas Hart of London, this is believed to have been a pseudonym and the print likely produced in Augsburg.
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