Thomas Hancock

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by John Singleton Copley
published on 04 April 2024

Thomas Hancock (1703-1764), a wealthy Boston merchant and founder of the firm House of Hancock; best known as the uncle of US Founding Father John Hancock. Oil on canvas portrait by John Singleton Copley, 1764-66.

Harvard Art Museums.

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