John Singleton Copley 1767(1767)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 121.92 x 100.97 cm (48 x 39.8 in)
cyf Young lady with a Bird and dog 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.
