John Singleton Copley 1758-60
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 50 5/8 x 39 7/8 in. (128.6 x 101.3 cm)
cjr Thaddeus Burr 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.
