Samuel Huntington

Art Historical Context

This elegant print portrait of Samuel Huntington, created by French engraver Benoît-Louis Prévost in 1781, captures the distinguished likeness of a pivotal figure in America's founding. Prévost, active in the late 18th century, in detailed engravings that brought prominent personalities to life through precise line work and subtle shading, a technique ideal for the print medium's reproducibility. Huntington, a Connecticut lawyer and jurist, served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence 1776. By 1781, amid the Revolutionary War, he had risen to pre...