Henry Hill
John Singleton Copley
c. 1765–70
Medium
Pastel on brown paper laid down on canvas, linen, or board
Dimensions
61 × 45.7 cm (24 × 18 in.); Sight: 58 × 43.3 cm (22 7/8 × 17 1/16 in.)
Classification
pastel
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
187051
About the Artist
John Singleton Copley · 1738–1815
John Singleton Copley (1738–1815) was the greatest American painter of the colonial era and one of the finest portraitists in the English-speaking world. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was largely self-taught, learning from mezzotint reproductions of European paintings and from his stepfather Peter Pelham, an engraver. By his early twenties, Copley had established himself as Boston's leading po...