Heny. Laurens, Esqr.
[Boston.]: From the September, 1784 issue of The Boston Magazine. [1784.]. Tissue backed; new margins added. Offsetting from adjoining page. Sheet size: 8 1/4 x 5." Image size: 3 1/8 x 2 1/4." Item #3609
Laurens was a wealthy South Carolina merchant and rice planter. He served as the fifth president of the Continental Congress from November, 1777 to December, 1778. This portarit by John Norman appeared in the September, 1784 issue of The Boston Magazine. It is the only contemporary portrait of Laurens to appear in an American magazine and therefore likely one of the few likenesses of Laurens to have been published in 18th century America. Lewis: A Guide to Engravings in American Magazines, 1741-1810: p. 3. Stauffer, American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel: 2339. Cresswell, The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints: 146.
Price: $275.00