John Quincy Adams / taken from a daguerreotype by P. Haas ; lith. & publ. by P. Haas Wash. City.
Summary
Print shows John Quincy Adams, full-length portrait, seated in a chair, facing front, with hands on a book in his lap and legs crossed, and with large book on the floor next to the chair.
John Quincy Adams, son of John and Abigail Adams, served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. A member of multiple political parties over the years, he also served as a diplomat, a Senator, and a member of the House of Representatives. "All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse."
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Date
01/01/1843
Contributors
Haas, Philip, active 1837-1863, lithographer
Location
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.