The Honorable Samuel Adams, Esq., First Delegate to Congress from Massachusetts
A bust length portrait of Samuel Adams, within an oval frame, set over a plinth engraved with two emblems: a scales hanging from an olive branch, and a snake with its tail around the handle of a mirror. 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, p. 193.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Honorable Samuel Adams, Esq., First Delegate to Congress from Massachusetts
- Engraver: John Norman (American (born England), ca. 1748–1817 Boston, Massachusetts)
- Sitter: Samuel Adams (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1722–1803)
- Date: 1781–83
- Medium: Engraving and stipple
- Dimensions: Plate: 6 3/8 × 3 15/16 in. (16.2 × 10 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 4 3/16 in. (19.3 × 10.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, in memory of her husband, Professor Maan Z. Madina, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.734.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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