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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Copy after
John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815
Sitter
John Hancock, 12 Jan 1737 - 8 Oct 1793
Date
1776
Type
Print
Medium
Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.3 x 10.1 cm (6 7/16 x 4")
Sheet: 17.9 x 10.5 cm (7 1/16 x 4 1/8")
Topic
John Hancock: Male
John Hancock: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman
John Hancock: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration
John Hancock: Politics and Government\Governor\Massachusetts
John Hancock: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
