The honble. John Hancock of Boston in New-England, president of the American congress - done from an original picture painted by Littleford – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures The honble. John Hancock of Boston in New-England, president of the American congress - done from an original picture painted by Littleford in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The honble. John Hancock of Boston in New-England, president of the American congress - done from an original picture painted by Littleford
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Published in London on October 25, 1775, this mezzotint names John Hancock as "of Boston in New-England" and "president of the American congress." He had taken the chair of the Continental Congress that May, and the print appeared while the colonies were already fighting Britain. It reproduces a painting by Littleford, and mezzotint builds soft gradations of tone by working a roughened copper plate, which gives the face a richness that line engraving could not match. The print offers a window onto how a leader of the rebellion was presented to the British public at the time.
| Created / published | London : Publish'd as the Act directs by C. Shepherd, 1775 October 25. |
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| Medium | 1 print : mezzotint ; 35.8 x 25.7 cm. (plate), 41.4 x 28.7 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | D.C. |
| Notes | Title from item. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 102. Exhibited in: Creating the U.S." Library of Congress |
| Subjects | Hancock, John,--1737-1793. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,141 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110966 |
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