Artist:

John Singleton Copley, 3 Jul 1738 - 9 Sep 1815  Search this

Sitter:

Thomas Hancock, 13 Jul 1703 - 1 Aug 1764  Search this

Medium:

Oil on copper

Dimensions:

Sight: 9.5 x 7.6cm (3 3/4 x 3")

Frame: 23.2 x 25.7 x 1.9cm (9 1/8 x 10 1/8 x 3/4")

Type:

Painting

Date:

c. 1758

Provenance:

The Sitter; his nephew [and adopted son] John Hancock [the signer]; his nephew, John Hancock; his daughter, Mary Lydia Colyer; her niece, Elizabeth Lowell Hancock Wood; her son, Charles Hancock Wood; his brother, William B Wood; his son, Charles H. Wood, Duxbury, Mass.; sold through (Vose Galleries, Boston) 1981 to NPG

Letter from Charles H. Wood, Duxbury Mass., May 26, 1989, to Robert G. Stewart

Offered by Vose Galleries 1976

Topic:

Miniature  Search this

Thomas Hancock: Male  Search this

Thomas Hancock: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Conserved with funds from the Smithsonian Women's Committee

Object number:

NPG.81.17

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location:

Currently not on view

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm48c228993-3a45-456c-b2aa-8b823c683d3a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.81.17