The Honorable Samuel Adams, Esq., First Delegate to Congress from Massachusetts

John Norman|Samuel Adams

1781–83 · Engraving and stipple · Drawings and Prints

A bust length portrait of Samuel Adams, within an oval frame, set over a plinth engraved with two emblems: a scales hanging from an olive branch, and a snake with its tail around the handle of a mirror. Published as an Illustration in: "An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the end of the war..." Boston, printed by Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, 1781, v. 1, p. 193.

Artist

John Norman|Samuel Adams

Date

1781–83

Medium

Engraving and stipple

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, in memory of her husband, Professor Maan Z. Madina, 2014