John Singleton Copley
American, 1738 - 1815
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American painter (1738-1815)
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The Prince Regent as a Hussar
The Prince Regent as a Hussar
John Singleton Copley · 1804/1809 · black chalk heightened with white and squared in red on blue paper · Accession ID 1995.52.29
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Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch
Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch
John Singleton Copley · 1800/1801 · oil on canvas · Accession ID 1960.4.1
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The Red Cross Knight
The Red Cross Knight
John Singleton Copley · 1793 · oil on canvas · Accession ID 1942.4.2
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Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"
Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"
John Singleton Copley · 1783-1786 · graphite with white chalk on blue-gray laid paper · Accession ID 2014.136.187
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Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"
Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"
John Singleton Copley · 1783-1786 · pen and brown ink with graphite on laid paper · Accession ID 2015.19.873
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Study for "The Death of the Earl of Chatham"
Study for "The Death of the Earl of Chatham"
John Singleton Copley · 1779 · graphite and white chalk on discolored blue paper · Accession ID 1980.4.2
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The Death of the Earl of Chatham
The Death of the Earl of Chatham
John Singleton Copley · 1779 · oil on canvas · Accession ID 1947.15.1
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Watson and the Shark
Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley · 1778 · oil on canvas · Accession ID 1963.6.1
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The Copley Family
The Copley Family
John Singleton Copley · 1776/1777 · oil on canvas · Accession ID 1961.7.1
Bibliography
1914
Letters and Papers of John Singleton Copley and Henry Pelham, 1739-1776. Boston, 1914.
1966
Prown, Jules David. John Singleton Copley. 2 vols. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966.
1981
Fairbrother, Trevor J. "John Singleton Copley's Use of British Mezzotints for his American Portraits: A Reappraisal Prompted by New Discoveries." Arts Magazine 55, no. 7 (March 1981): 122-130.
1984
Shank, J. W. "John Singleton Copley's Portraits: A Technical Study of Three Representative Examples." Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 23 (1984): 130-152.
1995
Miles, Ellen G. American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 20-21.