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American Colonial Era Painter, 1738-1815
John Singleton Copley (1738[1] - 1815) was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects. His paintings were innovative in their tendency to depict artifacts relating to these individuals' lives.
Mrs Humphrey Devereux
oil on canvas painting by John Singleton Copley, 1771, Te Papa
Date 1771(1771)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions Deutsch: 102 ?? 81,5 cm
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