Portrait
John Singleton Copley (1738 - 1815) was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish.
He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects.
His paintings were innovative in their tendency to depict artifacts relating to these individuals' lives. (From Wikipedia)
-small.jpg "Mrs. Woodbury Langdon (Sarah Sherburne) - John Singleton Copley - www.johnsingletoncopley.org")
-1770-small.jpg "Elizabeth Goldthwaite (Mrs. Alexander Cumming) 1770 - John Singleton Copley - www.johnsingletoncopley.org")
,-c.1772-small.jpg "Dorothy Quincy (1747-1830), c.1772 - John Singleton Copley - www.johnsingletoncopley.org")
-small.jpg "Mrs. Moses Gill (Rebecca Boylston) - John Singleton Copley - www.johnsingletoncopley.org")
