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John Singleton Copley
American painter
born 1737 - died 1815
Student of:
Benjamin West (1738-1820).
Brother of: Henry
Pelham (1749-1806).
Employee of:
Benjamin West (1738-1820). |
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COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON (1737-1815), English
historical painter, was born of Irish
parents at Boston, Massachusetts. John
Singleton Copley was
self-educated, and commenced his career as a
portraitpainter in his native city. The germ
of his reputation in England was a little
picture of a boy and squirrel, exhibited at
the Society of Arts in 1760. |
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In 1774 John
Singleton Copley went
to Rome, and thence in 1775 came to England.
In 1777 John Singleton Copley was admitted associate of the
Royal Academy; in 1783 John Singleton Copley was made
Academician on the exhibition of his most
famous picture, the Death of Chatham,
popularized immediately by Bartolozzi's
elaborate engraving; and in 1790 John
Singleton Copley was
commissioned to paint a portrait picture of
the defence of Gibraltar. The Death of Major
Pierson, in the National Gallery, also
deserves mention. Copley's powers appear to
greatest advantage in his portraits. John
Singleton Copley was
the father of Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst. |
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