Major General John Sullivan

Major General John Sullivan|Thomas Hart|Anonymous, British, 18th century

August 22, 1776 · Mezzotint · Drawings and Prints

The son of Irish immigrants, Sullivan was elected to the Continental Congress, served as a major general in the Continental army during the American Revolution, and later became governor of New Hampshire. This mezzotint portrait published in London shortly after the Declaration of Independence, shows him holding a spontoon (or half pike) and wearing a sword. While engraved text identifies the publisher as Thomas Hart of London, this is believed to have been a pseudonym and the print likely produced in Augsburg.

Artist

Major General John Sullivan|Thomas Hart|Anonymous, British, 18th century

Date

August 22, 1776

Medium

Mezzotint

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883