John Norman
The Hon.ble Samuel Adams, Esq.r
1773-1816
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John Norman
The Hon.ble Samuel Adams, Esq.r
1773-1816
Physical Qualities
Etching and stipple, Sheet: 191 × 115 mm. (7 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
Plate: 171 × 100 mm. (6 3/4 × 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2109
Bust portrait.
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Stauffer, David McNeely, American Engravers upon Copper and Steel, New York: Grolier Club, 1907, no. 2328.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, BC: 'The Hon.ble SAMUEL ADAMS, Esq.r / First Delegate to Congress for Massachusetts / J. Norman Sc.'. VERSO: LL (stamped in red ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'; BC (pencil, in diamond and circled, upside down): '3744'.
