The patriotic American farmer J-n D-k-ns-n Esqr. Barrister at law

John Dickinson, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, right elbow resting on "Magna Charta" and in his hand he holds "Farmer's letters"; oval within frame, text printed below.

Caption continues: Who with Attic eloquence and Roman spirit hath asserted the liberties of the British colonies in America.

With verse: 'Tis nobly done, to stem taxations rage, / and raise the thoughts of a degenerate age, / for happiness and joy, from freedom spring, / but life in bondage, is a worthless thing.

Illus. in "An Astronomical diary, or, An almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ ..." by Nathaniel Ames. Boston : Printed and sold by B. Green, 1772.

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 45.

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