John Singleton Copley
Colonel Fitch and His Sisters
1800-01259.1 x 340.2 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gift of Eleanor Lothrop, Gordon Abbott, and Katharine A. Batchelder
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 556
Provenance
Dr. James Lloyd (1728-1810), Boston, or his son, James Lloyd (1769-1831), Boston
John Borland (1792-1876), Boston, nephew of James Lloyd
his sons, John Nelson Borland (1828-1890) and M. Woolsey Borland (1824-1909), who bought his brother's share
his granddaughter, Katharine Tiffany Abbott (Mrs. Gordon Abbott, 1872-1948), Boston
her children, Katharine Abbott Batchelder (Mrs. George L. Batchelder, 1899-1977), Beverly, Massachusetts, Gordon Abbott (1904-1973), Manchester, Massachusetts, and Eleanor Abbott Lothrop (Mrs. Francis B. Lothrop, 1900-1992), Boston
gift 1960 to NGA
Other works by John Singleton Copley
Jeremiah Lee
1769
1769
Jane Browne
1756
1756
Watson and the Shark
1778
1778
Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene)
c. 1764
c. 1764
Eleazer Tyng
1772
1772