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.  Related Paintings of John Singleton Copley :. | Mrs. Alexander Cumming, nee Elizabeth Goldthwaite, later Mrs. John Bacon | Ezekiel Goldthwait | Portrait of Nathaniel Sparhawk od Kittery Point, Maine, son-in-law of Sir William Pepperrell. Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachuset | Benjamin Hallowell | Portrait of Mrs. John Stevens |
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