On the eve of the American Revolution, a glimpse of politics in portraiture John Singleton Copley, Portrait of Mr. and ... by Dr. Kathleen Adair Foster, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Dr. Beth Harris
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 by Dr. Bryan Zygmont
A former orphan, Watson became a wealthy and influential man—after surviving a near-fatal shark attack. John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark by Dr. Bryan Zygmont
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 ... by Dr. Bryan Zygmont
Copley introduces both his skill as a painter and his genteel and fashionable family to London society. John Singleton Copley, The Copley Family by Dr. Bryan Zygmont