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John Singleton Copley: The Copley Family Portrait of Paul Revere showing Revere seated at a table, holding a silver teapot and resting his chin on his hand. Portrait of Jane Brown by John Singleton Copley, showing a woman with dark hair in a pink dress with lace trim and yellow shawl, set against a dark blue background.
A deep dive into John Singleton Copley's Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley: Anne Fairchild Bowler (Mrs. Metcalf Bowler) John Singleton Copley: Portrait of Hugh Montgomerie, Later Twelfth Earl of Eglinton Painting by John Singleton Copley showing men in a boat rescuing a nude man from a shark in the water, with city buildings and ships in the background. portrait of Thomas Gage by John Singleton Copley William Murray, 1st earl of Mansfield, detail of an oil painting by John Singleton Copley, 1783; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
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John Singleton Copley: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Jules David Prown, John Singleton Copley, 2 vol. (1966); Carrie Rebora et al., John Singleton Copley in America (1994); Emily Ballew Neff and William L. Pressly, John Singleton Copley in England (1995).

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Anniversary information added. Sep 05, 2025
Anniversary information added. Jun 29, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 23, 2024
Media added. Dec 18, 2023
Changed β€œBoy with a Squirrel” to β€œA Boy with a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham).” Jan 10, 2023
Add new Web site: Smarthistory - John Singleton Copley, A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham). Mar 28, 2022
Add new Web site: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza - Biography of John Singleton Copley. Feb 22, 2019
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of John Singleton Copley. May 08, 2017
Add new Web site: The Athenaeum - John Singleton Copley - Artworks. Dec 15, 2016
Add new Web site: ART UK - Biography of John Singleton Copley. Dec 15, 2016
Media added. Aug 16, 2016
Add new Web site: Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online - Biography of John Galt. Jan 13, 2014
Add new Web site: American National Biography Online - Biography of John Singleton Copley. Jan 06, 2014
Add new Web site: The University of Adelaide - Biography of Charles Kingsley. Jan 06, 2014
Add new Web site: National Galleries of Scotland - Biography of John Singleton Copley. Jan 06, 2014
Add new Web site: National Gallery of Art - Biography of John Singleton Copley. Jan 06, 2014
Added photograph. Apr 11, 2013
Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of John Singleton Copley. Feb 04, 2013
Add new Web site: National Gallery of Australia - Biography of John Singleton Copley. Feb 04, 2013
Add new Web site: Art UK - Biography of John Singleton Copley. Feb 04, 2013
Added image of John Singleton Copley's painting Portrait of Hugh Montgomerie, Later Twelfth Earl of Eglinton (1780). Sep 30, 2010
Added new Web site: Clare County Library - Biography of John Singleton Copley. Oct 04, 2007
Added new Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Biography of John Singleton Copley. Oct 04, 2007
Article revised. Feb 01, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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