John Singleton Copley
The Copley Family
1776/77184.4 x 229.7 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Family portrait
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 545
Provenance
The artist
his son, John Singleton Copley, Jr., Lord Lyndhurst (1772-1863), London
his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 5 March 1864, nr. 91
bought by "Clarke" for the artist's granddaughter, Martha Babcock Greene Amory (Mrs. Charles Amory, 1812-1880), Boston
her husband, Charles Amory (1808-1898), Boston
their son, Edward Linzee Amory (1844-1911), New York
his nephew, Copley Amory (1866-1960), Washington, to his descendants, Copley Amory, Jr. (1890-1964), Cambridge, Massachusetts, Henry Russell Amory (1892-1962), Santa Barbara, California, Katharine Amory Smith (born 1908), Washington, Walter Amory (born 1924), Duxbury, Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Cole Amory (born 1955), Princeton, New Jersey
sold 1961 to NGA
Other works by John Singleton Copley
Portrait of a Lady (Mrs. Seymour Fort)
c. 1780
c. 1780
Jeremiah Lee
1769
1769
Jane Browne
1756
1756
Colonel Fitch and His Sisters
1800-01
1800-01
Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene)
c. 1764
c. 1764