John Singleton Copley in America
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Shelley, Marjorie, Heckscher, Morrison H., Barratt, Carrie Rebora, Copley, John Singleton, Staiti, Paul J., Hirschler, Erica E., Stebbins, Theodore E., Troyen, Carol, Ribeiro, Aileen, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A study of the paintings, miniatures, and pastels that Copley produced before he moved to London in 1774. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
"Unexpectedly, John Singleton Copley illuminated Boston's colonial sky," writes one of the authors of this volume. The son of poor Irish immigrants, Copley (1738-1815) became the supreme portraitist of the colonial era before he left his native Boston for England in 1774. Primar…
"Unexpectedly, John Singleton Copley illuminated Boston's colonial sky," writes one of the authors of this volume. The son of poor Irish immigrants, Copley (1738-1815) became the supreme portraitist of the colonial era before he left his native Boston for England in 1774. Primar…