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Samuel Adams
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Engraved portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794). Adams' portrait is framed in an oval flanked by an angel and two women. One woman stands on a book titled Laws to Enslave America, and the other points a spear at a prone man whose hat reads "GR [George(ius) Rex] XXI." A scroll titled "Magna Charta" lies in front of the portrait.
1774
Revere, Paul, 1735-1818
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W01385A
WHi 152052
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Samuel Adams
Engraved portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794).
Samuel Adams
Engraved portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794).
Samuel Adams
Engraved portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794).
Sam Adams
Engraved portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794).
Sam Adams
1862
Engraved full-length portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794).
John Adams
Lithographic portrait of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801).
