File:Hancock mezzotint.jpg

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Attributed to R. Purcell, working under the pseudonym C. Corbutt. The painter "Littleford" mentioned in the caption may be fictitious.
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Portrait of John Hancock (1737-1793)
Date first published in England in 1775
Medium mezzotint print
Source/Photographer Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
Other versions File:John Hancock c 1776.jpg, apparently a French derivative

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