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John Singleton Copley
1738–1815 · British Empire
- Born
- 1738 · Boston
- Died
- 1815 · London
94 works in the Collect24 Registry
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John Singleton Copley was an American-born British painter active in both the Thirteen Colonies and England. He was a successful portraitist and also painted large history paintings.
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John Singleton Copley (July 3, 1738 – September 9, 1815) was an American-born British painter active in both the Thirteen Colonies and England. He is believed to have been born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Anglo-Irish. After becoming well-established as a portrait painter of the wealthy in colonial New England, he moved to London in 1774, never returning to America. In London, he met considerable success as a portraitist for the next two decades, and also painted a number of large history paintings, which were innovative in their readiness to depict modern subjects and modern dress. His later years were less successful, and he died heavily in debt. He was father of John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst and half-brother of Henry Pelham, the American painter, engraver, and cartographer.
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Selected registered works by John Singleton Copley
Selected from 94 works by John Singleton Copley in the Collect24 Registry.
John Singleton Copley
Mrs. George Watson, 1765
oil on canvas
126.7 × 101.6 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-140132
John Singleton Copley
Robert Hooper, ca. 1770-1772
oil on canvas
127 × 101.6 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-134493
John Singleton Copley
Study for "The Knatchbull Family": Sir Edward Knatchbull, 1800–1802
Black chalk, white-chalk heightening, and graphite on dark blue laid paper
35.1 × 28.4 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-942620
John Singleton Copley
Study for "The Knatchbull Family": Norton Joseph Knatchbull, 1800–1802
Black chalk, white-chalk heightening, and graphite on dark blue laid paper
35.2 × 28.9 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-942621
John Singleton Copley
Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": The Wrecked Longboat, 1785–86
Pen and brown ink and black chalk on off-white laid paper
27 × 52.5 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-942618
John Singleton Copley
Study for "John Adams", 1783
Black chalk, white-chalk heightening, and graphite on blue laid paper
47.9 × 36.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-942607
John Singleton Copley
Mrs. Edward Green (Mary Storer), 1765
Pastel on laid paper, mounted on canvas
60.6 × 44.8 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-942110
John Singleton Copley
Study for "Elkanah Watson", 1782
Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper
30.8 × 50.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-941968
John Singleton Copley
Mrs. Ebenezer Storer (Mary Edwards), 1767–69
Pastel on laid paper, mounted on canvas
61 × 45.7 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-941831
John Singleton Copley
Study for "The Death of the Earl of Chatham", 1779
Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper
47.9 × 36.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-941827
John Singleton Copley
Study for "The Tribute Money", 1782
Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper
30.8 × 50.2 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-941824
John Singleton Copley
Hugh Hall, 1758
Pastel on off-white laid paper, mounted on canvas
40.5 × 33.5 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-942119
Museums and collections
Where works by John Singleton Copley are registered
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
42 works
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
16 works
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
7 works
- Detroit Institute of Arts
United States
7 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
6 works
- National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C., United States
5 works
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
United States
4 works
- Royal Museums Greenwich
United Kingdom
3 works
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
2 works
- National Galleries Scotland
United Kingdom
1 work
- Tate
United Kingdom
1 work
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