Painting ID:: 23277
The Death of Major Pierson (nn03) 1782-4 Oil on canvas
1252 366 cm 99 x 144 in Tate Gallery London
John Singleton Copley 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. The Death of Major Pierson (nn03) 1782-4 Oil on canvas
1252 366 cm 99 x 144 in Tate Gallery London
