His Excellency John Hancock, Esquire
c. 1794
Artist, American, active 1797 - 1822
Joseph H. Seymour
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 33.34 × 23.5 cm (13 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.878
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1957; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1981
Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: Seymour, delin, sculp / His Excellency John Hancock Esqr: / late Governor, and Commander in Chief / of the / Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Wikidata ID
Q77008666