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Samuel Adams

Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist

Samuel Okey, active 1765 - 1780

Copy after

John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815

Sitter

Samuel Adams, 27 Sep 1722 - 2 Oct 1803

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1775

Object number

NPG.76.9

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Print

Medium

Mezzotint

Dimensions

Image: 31.6 × 25 cm (12 7/16 × 9 13/16")
Sheet: 40.6 × 29 cm (16 × 11 7/16")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Interior
Printed Material\Document
Architecture\Column
Samuel Adams: Male
Samuel Adams: Politics and Government\Government official\Congressman\Continental congressman
Samuel Adams: Politics and Government\Statesman\Colonial statesman\Signer of Declaration
Samuel Adams: Politics and Government\Government official\Governor\Massachusetts
Samuel Adams: Politics and Government\Government official\Lieutenant Governor\Massachusetts
Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm453388a5e-3d7e-41aa-bbac-f50802083400

Record ID

npg_NPG.76.9

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