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Henry Laurens, Esqr., President of the American Congress, 1778
John Singleton Copley, Valentine Green1782
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States
Details
- Title: Henry Laurens, Esqr., President of the American Congress, 1778
- Creator: Valentine Green after John Singleton Copley
- Date Created: 1782
- Subject Keywords: American Studies, government, male portraits, portraits
- Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate below image, lower right: “Engraved by V. Green…”
- Print State: First state
- Object Type: Prints, works of art
- Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
- Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of Therese Kuhn Straus in memory of her husband, Herbert N. Straus, 1978
- Materials & Techniques: Mezzotint on laid paper
- Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
- Edition: Published October 1, 1782 by J. Stockdale Bookseller, No. 187 opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
- Dimensions: 1813
- Bibliography: Russell 80, p. 126
- Associated People: Created by Valentine Green (British (English), 1739-1813), After John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815)
- Accession Number: 1978.1.2
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