John Gannam (American artist and illustrator, 1907-1955)
1954 (ca)
He made history sit for its portrait…

Painting
Internet - Original source ill-defined
This artwork was painted as an advert for the John Hancock Mutual Life Assurance Company, Boston, Massachusetts. In the 1960s it was included in a traveling art exhibition entitled "Faces of Freedom".
 
It has been published in John E. Cogoli, Photo-Offset Fundamentals (1960, McKnight & McKnith), p. 15, fig. 35.
 
(Alan Griffiths, 30 July 2024) I'm indebted to Peter Michels for bringing this to my attention and to Henry Shotwell VI for providing additional details on this painting.
 
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