On the eve of the American Revolution, a glimpse of politics in portraiture
Copley
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.
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