diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts
index 484a1eb8..f8ffe874 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { assert } from "@cosmjs/utils";
+
 import { StargateClient } from "./stargateclient";
 import { nonExistentAddress, pendingWithoutSimapp, simapp, unused } from "./testutils.spec";
 
@@ -11,14 +13,55 @@ describe("StargateClient", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("getAccount", () => {
+    it("works for unused account", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutSimapp();
+      const client = await StargateClient.connect(simapp.tendermintUrl);
+
+      const account = await client.getAccount(unused.address);
+      assert(account);
+      expect(account).toEqual({
+        address: unused.address,
+        pubkey: null,
+        accountNumber: unused.accountNumber,
+        sequence: unused.sequence,
+      });
+
+      client.disconnect();
+    });
+
+    it("returns null for non-existent address", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutSimapp();
+      const client = await StargateClient.connect(simapp.tendermintUrl);
+
+      const account = await client.getAccount(nonExistentAddress);
+      expect(account).toBeNull();
+
+      client.disconnect();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("getSequence", () => {
     it("works for unused account", async () => {
       pendingWithoutSimapp();
       const client = await StargateClient.connect(simapp.tendermintUrl);
 
-      const { accountNumber, sequence } = await client.getSequence(unused.address);
-      expect(accountNumber).toEqual(unused.accountNumber);
-      expect(sequence).toEqual(unused.sequence);
+      const account = await client.getSequence(unused.address);
+      assert(account);
+      expect(account).toEqual({
+        accountNumber: unused.accountNumber,
+        sequence: unused.sequence,
+      });
+
+      client.disconnect();
+    });
+
+    it("returns null for non-existent address", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutSimapp();
+      const client = await StargateClient.connect(simapp.tendermintUrl);
+
+      const account = await client.getSequence(nonExistentAddress);
+      expect(account).toBeNull();
 
       client.disconnect();
     });
diff --git a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
index 70257be2..751e3e82 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/src/stargateclient.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
 import { Bech32, toAscii, toHex } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
-import { Coin } from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
+import { Coin, encodeSecp256k1Pubkey, PubKey } from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
 import { Uint64 } from "@cosmjs/math";
 import { decodeAny } from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
 import { Client as TendermintClient } from "@cosmjs/tendermint-rpc";
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@ import Long from "long";
 
 import { cosmos } from "./generated/codecimpl";
 
-export interface GetSequenceResult {
+export interface Account {
+  /** Bech32 account address */
+  readonly address: string;
+  readonly pubkey: PubKey | null;
+  readonly accountNumber: number;
+  readonly sequence: number;
+}
+
+export interface SequenceResponse {
   readonly accountNumber: number;
   readonly sequence: number;
 }
@@ -41,23 +49,39 @@ export class StargateClient {
     this.tmClient = tmClient;
   }
 
-  public async getSequence(address: string): Promise<GetSequenceResult> {
-    const binAddress = Bech32.decode(address).data;
+  public async getAccount(searchAddress: string): Promise<Account | null> {
+    const { prefix, data: binAddress } = Bech32.decode(searchAddress);
     // https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/8cab43c8120fec5200c3459cbf4a92017bb6f287/x/auth/types/keys.go#L29-L32
     const accountKey = Uint8Array.from([0x01, ...binAddress]);
     const responseData = await this.queryVerified("acc", accountKey);
 
+    if (responseData.length === 0) return null;
+
     const { typeUrl, value } = decodeAny(responseData);
     switch (typeUrl) {
       case "/cosmos.auth.BaseAccount": {
-        const { accountNumber, sequence } = cosmos.auth.BaseAccount.decode(value);
+        const { address, pubKey, accountNumber, sequence } = cosmos.auth.BaseAccount.decode(value);
         return {
+          address: Bech32.encode(prefix, address),
+          pubkey: pubKey.length ? encodeSecp256k1Pubkey(pubKey) : null,
           accountNumber: uint64FromProto(accountNumber).toNumber(),
           sequence: uint64FromProto(sequence).toNumber(),
         };
       }
       default:
-        throw new Error(`Unsupported type: ${typeUrl}`);
+        throw new Error(`Unsupported type: '${typeUrl}'`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public async getSequence(address: string): Promise<SequenceResponse | null> {
+    const account = await this.getAccount(address);
+    if (account) {
+      return {
+        accountNumber: uint64FromProto(account.accountNumber).toNumber(),
+        sequence: uint64FromProto(account.sequence).toNumber(),
+      };
+    } else {
+      return null;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/stargate/types/stargateclient.d.ts b/packages/stargate/types/stargateclient.d.ts
index 0503db45..d0ea02ca 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/types/stargateclient.d.ts
+++ b/packages/stargate/types/stargateclient.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-import { Coin } from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
-export interface GetSequenceResult {
+import { Coin, PubKey } from "@cosmjs/launchpad";
+export interface Account {
+  /** Bech32 account address */
+  readonly address: string;
+  readonly pubkey: PubKey | null;
+  readonly accountNumber: number;
+  readonly sequence: number;
+}
+export interface SequenceResponse {
   readonly accountNumber: number;
   readonly sequence: number;
 }
@@ -7,7 +14,8 @@ export declare class StargateClient {
   private readonly tmClient;
   static connect(endpoint: string): Promise<StargateClient>;
   private constructor();
-  getSequence(address: string): Promise<GetSequenceResult>;
+  getAccount(searchAddress: string): Promise<Account | null>;
+  getSequence(address: string): Promise<SequenceResponse | null>;
   getBalance(address: string, searchDenom: string): Promise<Coin | null>;
   /**
    * Queries all balances for all denoms that belong to this address.