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John Hancock, (sculpture). Artist:  Pratt, Bela Lyon, 1867-1917, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  John Hancock, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1910. Relocated 1922. Relocated 1951. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 x 3.5 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 7 x 6 x 5 ft. Inscription:  (Sculpture, lower front, near base:) Presented to the City of Quincy/by the John Hancock Mutual Life/Insurance Company/1951 (Base, front:) John Hancock (Base, plaque on back:) ON THIS SITE WAS BORN/JOHN HANCOCK/JAN. 23, 1737/SON OF REVEREND JOHN HANCOCK/PASTOR OF WHAT IS NOW THE/FIRST PARISH CHURCH, QUINCY/ON HIS FATHER'S DEATH BE WAS ADOPTED BY HIS UNCLE - BOSTON'S WEALTHIEST MERCHANT - 1744/GRADUATED HARVARD COLLEGE - 1754/MARRIED DOROTHY QUINCY - 1775/PRESIDENT SECOND CONTINENTAL/CONGRESS -1775/FIRST SIGNER OF THE/DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE - 1776/SAYING/I WRITE SO THAT GEORGE THE THIRD/MAY READ WITHOUT HIS SPECTACLES/FIRST GOVERNOR OF MASS/1780-1785/1787-1793/SIGNED ACT OF INCORPORATING/TOWN OF QUINCY 1792/DIED AT BOSTON IN THE HANCOCK HOUSE,/BUILT OF QUINCY GRANITE/OCT. 8, 1793/BURIED WITH GREAT CEREMONY IN THE/GRANARY BURYING GROUND. BOSTON/HE WROTE HIS NAME WHERE ALL NATIONS SHOULD BEHOLD IT; AND WHERE ALL TIME SHOULD NOT EFFACE IT. Description:  A bust of John Hancock dressed in a formal cloak rests atop a polished granite base. Subject:  Portrait male -- Hancock, John -- Bust Occupation -- Political -- Statesman Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Quincy Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Quincy, Quincy, Massachusetts Located 8 Adams Street, grounds of the Adams Academy, Quincy, Massachusetts Provenance:  Formerly located John Hancock Company, Federal Street, Over main arch, Quincy, Massachusetts until 1922. Remarks:  The sculpture was presented to the City of Quincy in 1951 by the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. Mayor Thomas S. Burgin was instrumental in bringing the bust to Quincy from the old John Hancock building in Boston. The bust is now located in front of the Adams Academy, which was the site of John Hancock's birthplace and is now home to the Quincy Historical Society. IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Object questionnaire dated July 1, 1986. For additional information see the Quincy Sun, Jan. 30, 1986, pg. 14. References:  Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5074, 1989. Monumental News, March 1910, pg. 215-216. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 87740255   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87740255 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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