Description:
John Adams (1735-1826) was an American lawyer, author, statesman, and diplomat. He served as the second President of the United States, the first Vice President, and as a Founding Father was a leader of American independence from Great Britain. A separately issued print by “America’s printmakers.” From 1834 to 1907 the firm of Nathaniel Currier and (after 1856) Currier & Ives provided for the American people a wide and varied gallery of prints for the new mass market of middle class society. The firm was the most successful American popular printmaker, issuing over 8,000 different prints. Their success was the result of their good business sense and their accurate instincts of what the American public wanted. Their images have become classics, capturing the life and times of nineteenth-century America. One of the more successful of their series were the portraits of the U.S. Presidents which they began issuing in the 1840s. Framed print portrait of John Adams, Adams sits at a covered table with several books and papers, he wears a black suit and a white shirt, behind him is a green swag curtain with a gold tassel, under the portrait is the printed inscription, "JOHN ADAMS,/ Second President of the United States/ Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier 2 Spruce St. N.Y." This print image is after a portrait by Gilbert Stuart.
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