Details
| Artist | John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 |
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| Date | 1779 or 1780 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Unframed: 84 1/16 × 54 inches (213.5 × 137.2 cm) Framed: 96 × 66 1/2 × 5 7/8 inches (243.8 × 168.9 × 14.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund |
| Accession Number | 1983.23 |
| Department | American Art before 1950 |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Label on stretcher: White and Co. Ltd. Bournemouth Written in white chalk: 0956511 Written in orange crayon: Roupell Written in white chalk: illegible number |
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Provenance
John Singleton Copley;
Mrs. John Singleton Copley;
Lord Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Jr..
George Boone Roupell (Charthan Park, near East Grinstead, England);
Brigadier George R.P. Roupell (Little Chartham, Shalfors, Surrey, England).
November 21, 1979, sale, lot 120, Sotheby's (London, England).
H. Schickman Gallery (New York, New York, USA).
1983-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Mrs. John Singleton Copley;
Lord Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Jr..
George Boone Roupell (Charthan Park, near East Grinstead, England);
Brigadier George R.P. Roupell (Little Chartham, Shalfors, Surrey, England).
November 21, 1979, sale, lot 120, Sotheby's (London, England).
H. Schickman Gallery (New York, New York, USA).
1983-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Graves, Algernon. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and their Works from its Foundation in 1769 to 1904, Volume 2. London, 1905, p. 159.
Whitley, William T. Artists and Their Friends in England, 1700-1799, Volume 2. London, 1928, p. 376.
Rutledge, Anna Wells. "Portraits of American Interest in British Collections." Connoisseur 156 (May 1958): pp. 269-270.
Prown, J.D. John Singleton Copley, 1774-1815, vol. 2. Cambridge, MA, 1966, pp. 266, 387, 439 (fig. 388).
Van Braam, F.A., ed. World Collector’s Annuary. Delft, Holland, 1979, p. 129.
"The Sale-Room." Apollo 111, 217 (March 1980): p. 268.
Shaw, Nancy Rivard, et al. American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Volume 1: Works by Artists Born Before 1816. New York, 1991, pp. 64-66 (ill.).
Whitley, William T. Artists and Their Friends in England, 1700-1799, Volume 2. London, 1928, p. 376.
Rutledge, Anna Wells. "Portraits of American Interest in British Collections." Connoisseur 156 (May 1958): pp. 269-270.
Prown, J.D. John Singleton Copley, 1774-1815, vol. 2. Cambridge, MA, 1966, pp. 266, 387, 439 (fig. 388).
Van Braam, F.A., ed. World Collector’s Annuary. Delft, Holland, 1979, p. 129.
"The Sale-Room." Apollo 111, 217 (March 1980): p. 268.
Shaw, Nancy Rivard, et al. American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Volume 1: Works by Artists Born Before 1816. New York, 1991, pp. 64-66 (ill.).