Vintage portrait print of American statesman John Hancock (1737 - 1793) - a prominent political leader during the American Revolution and President of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777 and of the Congress of the Confederation from 1785 to 1786.
Vintage portrait print of American statesman John Hancock (1737 - 1793). Hancock, a wealthy merchant from Massachusetts, was a prominent political leader during the American Revolution and President of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777 and of the Congress of the Confederation from 1785 to 1786. As President of the Congress he was the first person to sign the US Declaration of Independence on July 4 1776 and famously did so with a large and flamboyant signature. Hancock was also Governor of Massachusetts from 1780 to 1785 and 1787 to 1793. Etching print circa 1782 by J. Pelicier.
Size: 1844px × 3001px
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