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John Singleton Copley
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.
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Painting ID:: 3909
John Hancock
1765
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Painting ID:: 3910
Theodore Atkinson
1757-58
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
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Painting ID:: 3911
Nicholas Boylston
1767
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
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Painting ID:: 3912
Mrs Benjamin Pickman
1763
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
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Painting ID:: 3913
Epes Sargent
1759-61
49 7/8" x 40"
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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John Singleton Copley
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.
. Related Artists to John Singleton Copley: | Theodore Frere | Jan Brueghel The Elder | TASSI, Agostino | Justus van Egmont | James Archer |
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