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John Singleton Copley
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Portrait of the Salem
Painting ID:: 79055
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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. |
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Portrait of the Salem |
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Portrait of the Salem, Massachusetts, merchant Benjamin Pickman Sr. by John Singleton Copley. Oil on canvas. 50 3/8 in. x 40 1/4 in. Courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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