John Singleton Copley
|
|
|
|
|
The Death of Major Pierson (nn03)
Painting ID:: 23277 new8/John Singleton Copley-267527.jpg
|
|
|
|
|
John Singleton Copley
|
American Colonial Era Painter, 1738-1815
John Singleton Copley (1738[1] - 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. |
The Death of Major Pierson (nn03) |
1782-4 Oil on canvas
1252 366 cm 99 x 144 in Tate Gallery London |
Related Paintings::. | It's a painting of John Singer Sargent's which is in National Gallery of Scotland | Venus | View of Warsaw from the Praga bank | |
|
|