The Honorable Samuel Adams, Esq., First Delegate to Congress from Massachusetts

Engraver John Norman American, born England
 Sitter Samuel Adams American

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A bust length portrait of Samuel Adams, within an oval frame, set over a plinth engraved with two emblems: a scales hanging from an olive branch, and a snake with its tail around the handle of a mirror. Published as an Illustration in: "An impartial history of the war in America, between Great Britain and the United States, from its commencement to the end of the war..." Boston, printed by Nathaniel Coverly and Robert Hodge, 1781, v. 1, p. 193.

The Honorable Samuel Adams, Esq., First Delegate to Congress from Massachusetts, John Norman (American (born England), ca. 1748–1817 Boston, Massachusetts), Engraving and stipple

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