John Singleton Copley

The Red Cross Knight



John Singleton Copley - The Red Cross Knight



John Singleton Copley
The Red Cross Knight
1793
213.5 x 273 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gift of Mrs. Gordon Dexter


Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 554


Provenance

The artist
his son, John Singleton Copley, Jr., Lord Lyndhurst (1772-1863), London
his sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, 5 March 1864, nr. 86
bought by "Clarke" for Martha Babcock Greene Amory (Mrs. Charles Amory, 1812-1880), the artist's granddaughter, and her husband, Charles Amory (1808-1898), Boston
purchased 1872 by their daughter, Susan Greene Amory Dexter (1840-1924) and son-in-law, Franklin Gordon Dexter (1824-1903), Boston
their 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 1942.4.2

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