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Hancock Adams Common’s new statutes of Hancock and Adams near twins of each other?

Per the discriminating eye of Quincy Quarry’s art critic, the new statues of John Hancock and John Adams are all but fraternal twins, if not identical. 

In fact, absent names on their respective podiums and an obvious prop incorporated in Hancock’s statue, one would be hard-pressed to readily which statues is of whom for these two historical figures whose images were often painstakingly portrayed in portraits by accomplished as well as acclaimed artists during their lifetimes before the era of photography.

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Plus, the Quarry’s art critic only properly finds both statues both leaden and boring as well as what can only reasonably be expected from a Soviet-era trained Russian émigré sculptor – especially when compared to the far more engaging, enjoyable, evocative and lifelike pair of statues of John Adams and Abigail with a young John Quincy that had long graced Quincy Square but which have yet to be relocated somewhere – anywhere in Quincy – that is duly fitting of these long-beloved statues.

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Try to match the images of the new statues to historical portraits painted during their lifetimes.
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