John Singleton Copley (1738 – 1815) was an American painter from Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of Irish parents, Mary Singleton Copley and Richard Copley. He is most known for his paintings of prominent people in colonial New England, particularly conveying middle-class subjects. In his paintings, Copley tended to portray artifacts associated with these individuals. Learn more »
Paintings by John Singleton Copley in Chronological Order
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| Charles Pelham, c.1753-1754 | Portrait of a Woman, 1755 | The Gore Children, c.1755 |
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| Ann Tyng, 1756 | Gregory Towsend, 1756 | Theodore Atkinson Jr, c.1757-1758 |
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| Thomas Aston Coffin, 1758 | Mary and Elizabeth Royall, c.1758 | Thomas Greene, 1758 |
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| Hugh Hall, 1758 | Moses Gill, c.1759 | Eunice Dennie Burr, 1758-1760 |
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| Henry Pelham, c.1760 | Thaddeus Burr, 1758-1760 | Mrs.Samuel Quincy, c.1761 |
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| James Warren, c.1763 | John Spooner, 1763 | Mrs. Daniel Sargent (Mary Turner Sargent), 1763 |
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| Mrs. Nathaniel Allen (Sarah Sargnet), c.1763 | Portrait of Nathaniel Allen, 1763 | John Bours, 1763 |
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| Mrs.Alice Hooper, c.1763 | Mrs.James Warren (Mercy Otis), c.1763 | Mrs.John Scoally (Mercy Greenleaf), 1763 |
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| Portrait of Mrs.Gawen Brown, 1763 | Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, c.1763 | Mrs.John Murray (Lucretia Chandler), 1763 |
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| Mrs. Anna Dummer Powell, 1764 | Mrs. Samuel Hill, c.1764 | Epes Sargent II, c.1764 |
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| Lydia Lynde, c.1762-c.1764 | Moses Gill, 1764 | Mrs.Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene), 1764 |
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| Mrs.Epes Sargent, 1764 | Nathaniel Sparhawk, 1764 | Boy with Squirrel (Henry Pelham), 1765 |
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| Lucretia Hubbard Towsend, 1765 | Portrait of Elizabeth Deering Wentworth Gould Rogers (also known as Mr. Nathaniel Rogers), c.1765 | Portrait of Joseph Warren, c.1765 |
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| John Hancock, 1765 | Mrs.George Watson (Elizabeth Oliver), 1765 | Mrs.Theodore Atkinson Jr, 1765 |
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| Mrs.Thomas Boylston, 1766 | Portrait of Nathaniel Hurd, 1765-1766 | Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne, 1766 |
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| Mrs. William Turner (Ann Dumaresq), 1767 | Portrait of Mrs. George Turner, c.1767 | Rebecca Boylston, 1767 |
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| Young lady with a bird and dog, 1767 | Martin Howard, 1767 | Mrs.Woodbury Langdon, 1767 |
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| Portrait of Rebecca Boylston, 1767 | Woodbury Langdon, 1767 | Reverend Myles Cooper, 1768-1769 |
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| Self-portrait, 1769 | Isaac Smith, 1769 | Jeremiah Lee, 1769 |
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| Mrs. Isaac Smith, 1769 | Mrs.Jeremiah Lee (Martha Swett), c.1769 | Mrs.William Eppes, 1769 |
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| Nicholas Boylston,, c.1769 | Portrait of General Thomas Gage, 1768-1769 | Ebenezer Storer, 1767-1769 |
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| Mrs. Ebenezer Storer (Mary Edwards), 1767-1769 | Paul Revere, c.1768-1770 | Elizabeth Goldthwaite (Mrs. Alexander Cumming), 1770 |
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| Lemuel Cox, 1770 | Mrs. James Russell (Katherine Graves), c.1770 | Joseph Sherburne, 1767-1770 |
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| Ezekiel Goldthwait, 1771 | Mrs. Joseph Barrell (Hannah Fitch), 1771 | Mrs. Roger Morris (Mary Philipse), 1771 |
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| Colonel John Montresor, 1771 | Miles Sherbrook, 1771 | Mrs. Thomas Gage, 1771 |
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| Mrs.Ezekiel Gondthwait (Elizabeth Lewis), 1771 | Mrs.Humphrey Devereux, 1771 | Portrait of a Lady, 1771 |
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| Portrait of Mrs.Paul Richard, 1771 | Potrait of Thomas Flucker, 1770-1771 | Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, 1771 |
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| Gulian Verplanck, 1771 | Samuel Verplanck,, 1771 | Portrait of Mrs. John Stevens (Judith Sargent, later Mr. John Murray), 1772 |
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| Dorothy Quincy, c.1772 | Eleazer Tyng, 1772 | John Hancock, 1770-1772 |
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| Mrs. Joshua Henshaw II, c.1772 | Mrs.Richard Skinner, 1772 | Samuel Adams, c.1770-c.1772 |
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| Sylvester Gardiner, c.1772 | Thomas Amory II, c.1770-c.1772 | William Vassall and His Son Leonard,, c.1770-c.1772 |
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| Mrs. Moses Gill (Rebecca Boylston), 1773 | Mr.and Mrs.Isaac Winslow, 1773 | Mr.and Mrs.Thomas Mifflin, 1773 |
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| Reverend Thomas Cary, c.1770-c.1773 | Mrs. John Winthrop (Hannah Fayerweather), 1773 | Abigail Smith Babcock, c.1774 |
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| Study for The Ascension, 1774 | Mrs. Elizabeth Coffin Amory, 1775 | The Ascension, 1775 |
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| Mr.and Mrs.Ralph Izard, 1775 | Portrait of Familie Copley, 1776 | The Nativity, 1776-1777 |
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| Head of a Negro, 1777-1778 | Mrs.Seymour Fort, c.1778 | Sir William Pepperrell and Family, 1778 |
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| Clark Gayton, Admiral of the White, 1779 | Mrs.Clark Gayton, 1779 | Painting of Samuel learning from Eli, 1780 |
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| Portrait of Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, 1780 | Elkanah Watson, 1782 | Henry Laurens, 1782 |
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| Latitia F. Balfour, 1782 | Richard Heber, 1782 | The Tribute Money, 1782 |
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| Watson and the Shark, 1782 | Midshipman Augustus Brine, 1782 | Study for The Tribute Money, 1782 |
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| Portrait of a Gentleman, c.1767-1783 | The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar, 1783 | The Western Brothers, 1783 |
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| Mrs.Daniel Denison Rogers, c.1784 | Self-portrait, 1784 | The Major Peirson’s Death, 1782-1784 |
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| The three youngest daughters of George III, 1785 | The Stillwell Family, 1786 | Study for The Siege of Gibraltar, 1785-1786 |
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| Study for The Siege of Gibraltar, Figures Scaling Floating Battery Cannon, 1785-1786 | Duncan Stewart of Ardsheal, 1793 | The Red Cross Knight, 1793 |
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| Charles Cornwallis, First Marquis of Cornwallis, c.1795 | John Quincy Adams, 1796 | Henry Addington, First Viscount Sidmouth, 1797-1798 |
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| Saul Reproved by Samuel for Not Obeying the Commandments of the Lord, 1798 | The Victory of Lord Duncan, 1789-1799 | Fitch sisters, 1800 |
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| John, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward, c.1782-1803 | Baron Graham, 1804 | George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, 1799-1806 |
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| George IV, c.1809 | Sailors Maneuvering a Cannon, 1810 | Two Equestrian Figures, 1803-1813 |
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| Portrait of William Murray, 1815 | Anne Erving, Mrs.Duncan Stewart | George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield |
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| Governor John Wentworth | Portrait of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer | Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Pickman (Mary Toppan) |
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| Portrait of the Salem | Samuel Barrington | Epes Sargent |