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John Singleton Copley
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Fan account of John Singleton Copley, an Anglo-American painter, active in both colonial America and England.
1738-1815
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Samuel Winthrop (1716-1779) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/299801
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift to Harvard College by the executors of the estate of John Winthrop and heirs of Mrs. Andrews, 1894
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figures Scaling Floating Battery; Cannon https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10549
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1960
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Officer in Four Poses https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13415
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1960
December 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Study for The Ascension https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/study-for-the-ascension-1774
Study for The Ascension
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/mrs-sylvanus-bourne-1766
Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Lydia Lynde https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/lydia-lynde
Lydia Lynde
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Baron Graham https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/baron-graham-1804
Baron Graham
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Mrs.Clark Gayton https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/mrs-clark-gayton-1779
Mrs.Clark Gayton
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Thomas Boylston II (1721-1798) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/299946
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Bequest of Ward Nicholas Boylston to Harvard College, 1828
December 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Mrs.Richard Skinner https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/mrs-richard-skinner-1772
Mrs.Richard Skinner
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Mrs.Jeremiah Lee (Martha Swett) https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/mrs-jeremiah-lee-martha-swett
Mrs.Jeremiah Lee (Martha Swett)
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Portrait of Sarah Allen, née Sargent https://collections.artsmia.org/art/593/
Three quarter-length portrait of a woman in a blue satin dress with broad flat hat, pulling on her glove. Nathaniel Allen was a member of the new wealthy class in the mercantile and shipping business in Boston, and his wife, Sarah, was 34 at the time this work was painted. When commissioning portraits, successful American colonists wished to be portrayed in the manner of European aristocrats. This was accomplished by copying contemporary English portraits of ladies and gentlemen of fashion. Here, Copley adapted his composition from a mezzotint after William Hogarth's painting of Frances, Lady Byron. John Singleton Copley was the first great internationally renowned American painter. This work belongs to his most prolific period between 1762 and 1770, and coincides with the emergence of revolutionary ideas in Boston. Largely self-taught, he was the first full-time painter in the colonies. Excelling at capturing texture and surface details, Copley was also known for his uncompromising realism, giving the same meticulous attention to both psychological and formal details. With no attempt at idealization, Mrs. Allen is presented as a masculine-looking woman, appearing sturdy and confident as she daintily pulls on her glove.
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Midshipman Augustus Brine https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/midshipman-augustus-brine-1782
Midshipman Augustus Brine
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Henry Hill https://www.artic.edu/artworks/187051/
In 2006 the Art Institute of Chicago was lucky enough to acquire John Singleton Copley's pastel Henry Hill, the companion to Mrs. Henry Hill (Anna Barrett) (1959.511) which has been in the collection since 1959. Both pastels retain their original Rococo-style frames. They may have been carved by the Boston cratsman John Welch, who created many of Copley's Rococo frames, the type the artist used most frequently for his American portraits. The frame on Mrs. Henry Hill was gilded, as this was generally appropriate for the Rococo style; however, recent scholarship has revealed that a few Copley frames, like that of Henry Hill, were painted black. Thus, these portraits present two different ways that Copley's frames might have been finished. Roger and J. Peter McCormick Endowments; restricted gift of William C. Vance from the Vance Family Foundation; Maurice D. Galleher Endowment and General Acquisitions funds
December 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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George IV https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/george-iv-1809-1
George IV
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Henry Laurens https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/henry-laurens-1782
Henry Laurens
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Self-portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/self-portrait-1784
Self-portrait
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Miles Sherbrook https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/miles-sherbrook-1771
Miles Sherbrook
November 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Sprawling Figures https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13413
Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1960
November 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Portrait of a Gentleman https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/portrait-of-a-gentleman-1783
Portrait of a Gentleman
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Mrs.Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene) https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/mrs-daniel-hubbard-mary-greene-1764
Mrs.Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene)
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Midshipman Augustus Brine https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10527
Bequest of Richard De Wolfe Brixey, 1943
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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John Spooner https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/john-spooner-1763
John Spooner
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Elkanah Watson https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/elkanah-watson-1782
Elkanah Watson
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Martin Howard https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singleton-copley/martin-howard-1767
Martin Howard
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM