John Adams: Second President of the United States

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John Adams: Second President of the United States
John Adams: Second President of the United States
Publisher (American, 1813 - 1888)
Dateunknown
MediumHand-colored lithograph
DimensionsComposition: 11 3/8 × 9 in. (28.9 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 in. (35.2 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.45
Not on view
DescriptionPortrait of John Adams, seated with books.
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Exhibition History 1988
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "America on the Move," January 9 - February 21, 1988 (no cat.);

1963
Utica, NY (Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, Auditorium Gallery). January 13 - February 10, 1963.
Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Markings None noted.
Published References Frederick A. Conningham, CURRIER & IVES PRINTS: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983), no. 3251

CURRIER AND IVES: A CATALOG RAISONNE / Compiled by Gale Research Company: with an Introduction by Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, c1984. Vol. 1, p. 365, no. 3512.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "JOHN ADAMS. / Second President of the United States / LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER, 33 SPRUCE ST. NEW YORK." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "85" at lower left in pencil; "74" on verso at lower left in pencil.
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