On the eve of the American Revolution, a glimpse of politics in portraiture
Colonial Period
Global trade in a cup of tea: Colonial America, sugar and slavery.
The triangle trade and the colonial table, ...
Thought the Puritans were dour? Think again!
Puritan court cupboard
Well known in his own day as a silversmith, Revere is shown in casual attire, with a teapot brimming with meaning.
John Singleton Copley, Paul Revere
A former orphan, Watson became a wealthy and influential man—after surviving a near-fatal shark attack.
John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark
Copley was a highly-regarded portrait painter in Boston, but the city was inhospitable to his grander ambitions.
John Singleton Copley, A Boy with a ...
Copley introduces both his skill as a painter and his genteel and fashionable family to London society.
John Singleton Copley, The Copley Family
West turned the conventions of history painting on their head by choosing a contemporary subject and dress.
Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe
Forget what you think you know about Puritan fashion and get ready to Freake.