John Dickinson
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Object type: Print
Date: 1771
Attribution: Paul Revere, 1 Jan 1735 - 10 May 1818
Copy after: James Smither, 1725 - 1797
Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827
Publisher: Nathaniel Ames
Sitter: John Dickinson, 8 Nov 1732 - 14 Feb 1808
Medium: Relief cut on paper
Dimensions: Image: 9.4 × 7.8 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/16")
Book open: 17.5 × 21 cm (6 7/8 × 8 1/4")
Book closed: 17.5 × 11 cm (6 7/8 × 4 5/16")
Credit line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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THE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN FARMER.
J-N D-K-NS-N, Esq; BARRISTER at LAW
Who with Attic Eloquence and Roman Spirit hath asserted the Liberties of the BRITISH Colonies in America.
'Tis nobly done to Stem Taxations Rage, And raise the Thoughts of a degenerate Age, For Happiness and Joy, from Freedom spring; But Life in Bondage is a worthless Thing.
and then to the rest, and in a few minutes they all collected themselves round her and are so happy at having found the sole support of their state; that they will long remain quiet in their situation. Nay the scent of her body is so attractive that the slightest touch of her body along any thing will attract the bees to it and induce them to pursue any path she takes.—My attachment to the Queen and tender regard for her precious life, makes me ardently wish I might here close the detail of this operation, which I am afraid when attempted by unskilful hands, will cost many of their lives.”
Mrs. CATHARINE M'CAULAY.
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