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Mather Brown: John Adams  wikidata:Q122828913 reasonator:Q122828913
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Mather Brown  (1761–1831)  wikidata:Q6786928
 
Mather Brown
Alternative names
Brown; M Brown; M. Brown; Mather Browne; brown mather; Mather Byles Brown
Description American painter
Date of birth/death 11 October 1761 Edit this at Wikidata 25 May 1831 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Boston London
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q6786928
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Title
label QS:Len,"John Adams"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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John Adams, 1788 — oil on canvas painting by Mather Brown.

  • In 1785, when John Adams sat for Mather Brown in London, he was one of the best known political-figures in both the newly independent United States and in Europe. Adams first came to prominence in Colonial Massachusetts, with his successful defense of British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre. Selected as a delegate to both the first and second congress (1774-1775), he was the most important leader for advocating independence. Striking up a friendship with Virginia delegate Thomas Jefferson, Adams suggested that Jefferson draft a decleration of Independence. .
  • During the 1780s, Adams served in important diplomatic posts in France and Holland, then as an American ambassador in London. When Thomas Jefferson, the U.S. Ambassador to France, visited Adams in London, Adams had this copy of his portrait made for his friend in 1788.
  • Adams served under George Washington as this countries first vice-president..
Date 1788
date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Credit line www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/VicePres/flash.html#/adams/0/
Source/Photographer https://www.flickr.com/photos/28567825@N03/3312439026/ John Adams


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