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Object Record
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Metadata
Object name |
Engraving |
Title |
His Excellency John Hancock Esqr. late Governor and Commander in Chief.... |
Artist or maker |
Joseph Seymour |
Date |
1794 |
Place of origin |
Worcester, Massachusetts |
Materials and techniques |
ink on paper |
Physical description |
Engraving of John Hancock. Hancock is shown in 3/4 turned profile in center of engraving wearing decorated jacket with white stock and jabot. Laurel leaves intertwine a section of drapery above the central oval. A crest with three rooster over a hand is below, presumably a seal of Hancock. "Seymour delin sculp // His Excellency John Hancock Esqr. // late Governor, and Commander in Chief // of the // Commonwealth of Massachusetts" |
Past exhibit |
Long Room |
Catalogue number |
1986.08.012 |
Collection name |
Drawings and Prints |
Credit line |
Gift of Stanley D. Scott, 1986 |
People |
Hancock, John Seymour, Joseph |
Subjects and places |
Massachusetts portraiture |