American Colonial Era Painter, 1738-1815
John Singleton Copley (1738[1] - 1815) was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects. His paintings were innovative in their tendency to depict artifacts relating to these individuals' lives. Related Paintings of John Singleton Copley :. | Portrait of Admiral Clark Gayton | Mrs Humphrey Devereux | Mrs Thomas Boylston | The Copley Family | Mrs. Alexander Cumming, nee Elizabeth Goldthwaite, later Mrs. John Bacon | Related Artists:
SchoonoverFrank Earle Schoonover (1877-1972).
Firmin Massotpainted Portrait of a lady, wearing a white dress and seated beside a harp a landscape beyond in 1810
John William HillEnglish Painter, 1812-1879,Painter and illustrator, son of John Hill. At the age of seven he moved to Philadelphia, PA, with his family. In 1822 he moved to New York, where he was apprenticed to his father for seven years. During this time, he worked on the aquatint plates for William Guy Wall's Hudson River Portfolio (1821-5), which influenced his early paintings.