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Artist
Peter Pelham, 1697 - 1751
Sitter
Cotton Mather, 1662/3 - 1727/8
Date
1728 (c. 1860 restrike)
Type
Print
Medium
Mezzotint
Dimensions
Image: 30 × 24.8 cm (11 13/16 × 9 3/4")
Sheet: 43.1 × 30.7 cm (16 15/16 × 12 1/16")
Topic
Costume\Hair Accessory\Wig
Cotton Mather: Male
Cotton Mather: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Museum American History
