John Singleton Copley

Provenance

The artist's son
Lord Lyndhurst, until 1864
sale, Christie, Manson, and Woods, London, 5 March 1864, nr. 61, as "A Youth Rescued from a Shark"
with Cox as agent
the artist's granddaughter, Martha (Mrs. Charles) Babcock Amory, Boston, ca. 1864–died 1880
her daughter, Susan (Mrs. Franklin Gordon) Dexter, Boston, until 1915
her son, Gordon Dexter, Nassau, died 1937
his wife, Mrs. Gordon Dexter, 1937–1942
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 42.71.1

Other works by John Singleton Copley

John Greenleaf
1753-54

Richard Dana
c. 1770

Samuel Relating to Eli the Judgements of God upon Eli's House
1780

Portrait of a Lady (Mrs. Seymour Fort)
c. 1780

Jeremiah Lee
1769