John Singleton CopleyAmerican 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.
First Lord of the Admiralty
1800(1800)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 73.7 x 61 cm (29 x 24 in)
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