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Description: Portrait of Samuel Adams, painted by Major John Johnston in 1795 while Adams was Governor of Massachusetts. The original was destroyed by fire within a few years; this copy, a folio mezzotint, was engraved in 1797 by someone named Graham. (All information from The life and public services of Samuel Adams, by William Vincent Wells, volume 3, p. 334)
Title: Governor Samuel Adams
Credit: The life and public services of Samuel Adams, by William Vincent Wells, volume 3 (1865)
Author: mezzotint by Graham, based on a lost portrait by Major John Johnston
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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