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Copley, John Singleton (1738–1815) | Artheon Museum

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Copley, John Singleton

1738–1815

Nationality: British Empire

Born: 1738, Boston

Died: 1815, London

Gender: male

Movements

realism

Occupations

artist

painter

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Biography

American painter, Boston, Mass. Comment on works: Portraits; History

Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons

Notable Works

Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Gage
Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton. Soldier; Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire
Portrait of Mrs. Theodore Atkinson Jr.
A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham)
Dr. Silvester Gardiner
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
Watson and the Shark
The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781
The Death of the Earl of Chatham
Mrs Humphrey Devereux
General Thomas Gage
The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782
Portrait of Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Artworks

64 artworks

Thomas Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham and 9th Baron Howard

1764–1802

Frederick, Lord North

1764–1802

Charles Pratt, Baron Camden (later 1st Earl Camden)

1764–1802

Richard Brocklesby, physician

1764–1802

Wiliam Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

1764–1802

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

1779–1802

John Hinchcliffe, Bishop of Peterborough

1779–1802

George Montagu, 4th Duke of Manchester, William, 2nd Viscount Courtenay, de jure 8th Earl of Devon, and George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry

1779–1802

John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward

1779–1802

John St. Clair

1758

Moses Gill

ca. 1759

John Greenleaf

1753–54

Elizabeth Greenleaf

1753–54

Ebenezer Storer II

ca. 1767

Elizabeth Green (Mrs. Ebenezer Storer II)

ca. 1767

Hugh Hall

1758

Self-portrait miniature

1769

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Officer in Four Poses

1785–86

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Two Dead Figures

1782–83

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Sprawling Figures

1785–86

Study for "The Tribute Money"

1782

Study for "The Death of the Earl of Chatham"

1779

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Three Figures

1785–86

Mrs. Jacob Hurd and Child

ca. 1762