- Date:
- 1773
- Original Format:
- Fine Print Illustration
- Item#:
- 45.276
Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Samuel Adams was a revolutionary politician and rebel of the American colonial period from Boston. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of the Continental Congress and a governor of Massachusetts. This engraving by W. G. Jackman was based on a 1772 painting by John Singleton Copley.