The Hon-ble. John Hancock, Esq-r.

The Hon-ble. John Hancock, Esq-r. by Paul Revere Jr.|John Hancock

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 3/16 in. (17.2 × 10.7 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924

Accession Number

24.90.639

About the Artist

Paul Revere Jr.|John Hancock · 17341818

Paul Revere Jr. (1734–1818), born in Boston's North End, was the son of French Huguenot silversmith Apollos Rivoire—also known as Paul Revere Sr.—and Deborah Hichborn, a member of a local artisan family. At age 13, he left school to apprentice under his father, mastering the intricate craft of silversmithing and engraving in the family shop, which he inherited upon his father's death in 1754. Reve...

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