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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.
Portrait of the Salem
Portrait of the Salem, Massachusetts, merchant Benjamin Pickman Sr. by John Singleton Copley. Oil on canvas. 50 3/8 in. x 40 1/4 in. Courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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