Artist Introduction: 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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Mrs. Sylvester Gardiner, nee Abigail Pickman, formerly Mrs. William Eppes
Painting ID:: 71505
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between 1770(1770) and 1774(1774)
Oil on canvas
128 x 101.6 cm (50.39 x 40 in)
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