John Singleton Copley

Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 555

Provenance

Robert Graham (1744-1836)
bequeathed to Sir George Henry Smyth (1784-1852), 6th baronet, Berechurch Hall, Colchester, Essex
bequeathed to his grandson and heir, Thomas George Graham White (died 1878), Wethersfield Manor and Berechurch Hall, Colchester, Essex
his estate sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, 23 March 1878, nr. 25
bought by "Graves"
Martha Babcock Greene Amory (Mrs. Charles Amory, 1812-1880), Boston, the artists's granddaughter
her husband, Charles Amory (1808-1898), Boston
their daughter, Susan Greene Amory Dexter (Mrs. Franklin Gordon Dexter, 1840-1924), Boston
her son, Gordon Dexter (1864-1937), Boston
his widow, Isabella Hunnewell Dexter (c. 1871-1968)
gift 1942 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1942.4.1

Other works by John Singleton Copley

Mrs. Jeremiah Lee (Martha Swett)
1769

Mrs. Metcalf Bowler
c. 1763

The Red Cross Knight
1793

The Death of the Earl of Chatham
1779

Epes Sargent
c. 1760