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Major General John Sullivan

Publisher Thomas Hart British
August 22, 1776
Not on view
The son of Irish immigrants, Sullivan was elected to the Continental Congress, served as a major general in the Continental army during the American Revolution, and later became governor of New Hampshire. This mezzotint portrait published in London shortly after the Declaration of Independence, shows him holding a spontoon (or half pike) and wearing a sword. While engraved text identifies the publisher as Thomas Hart of London, this is believed to have been a pseudonym and the print likely produced in Augsburg.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Major General John Sullivan
  • Engraver: Anonymous, 18th century
  • Publisher: Thomas Hart (British, active London 1776–77) (fictitious name)
  • Sitter: Major General John Sullivan (American, Somersworth, New Hampshire 1740–1795 Durham, New Hampshire)
  • Published in: Augsburg
  • Date: August 22, 1776
  • Medium: Mezzotint
  • Dimensions: image and text: 14 x 9 1/4 in. (35.5 x 23.5 cm)
    plate: 18 5/16 x 12 5/16 in. (46.5 x 31.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
  • Object Number: 83.2.190
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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