John Singleton Copley
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John Hancock
Painting ID:: 3909 John Singleton Copley6.jpg
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John Singleton Copley
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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. |
John Hancock |
1765
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Related Paintings::. | The Little Peasant in Blue | Portrait of Joseph Addison | The Murcian Orange Seller | |
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