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Joseph Sherburne
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John Singleton CopleyAmerican
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue inGallery 717
The subject of this astonishingly vital portrait was a wealthy Boston merchant. He chose to be painted wearing a loose but elegant banyan, or lounge robe—a popular gentleman’s fashion at the time—and a turban instead of a formal wig. Most striking about the portrait is its convincing sense of reality, which Copley achieved through various means. He meticulously painted every fold of cloth and bit of pattern in Sherburne’s damask gown as well as every fleshy wrinkle on his face and hands. Likewise, by lighting the picture strongly from the left, Copley created a tangibly solid figure.
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Title:Joseph Sherbur
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John Singleton Copley
John Singleton Copley RA (1738 – September 9, 1815) was an Anglo-American painter, active in both colonial America and England. He was probably born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Anglo-Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of wealthy and influential figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects. His portraits were innovative in their tendency to depict artifacts relating to these individuals' lives.
Copley's mother owned a tobacco shop on Long Wharf. The parents, who, according to the artist's granddaughter Martha Babcock Amory, had come to Boston in 1736, were "engaged in trade, like almost all the inhabitants of the North American colonies at that time". His father was from Limerick; his mother, of the Singletons of County Clare, a family of Lancashire origin. Letters from John Singleton, Mrs. Copley's father, are in the Copley-Pelham collection. Richa
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John Singleton Copley
Anglo-American painter (1738–1815)
For other people named John Copley, see John Copley (disambiguation).
John Singleton Copley | |
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Self-Portrait, c. 1769, Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, Delaware | |
| Born | (1738-07-03)July 3, 1738 Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| Died | September 9, 1815(1815-09-09) (aged 77) London, England |
| Education | Peter Pelham |
| Known for | Portraiture |
| Notable work | Watson and the Shark (1778) |
| Spouse | Susanna Clark |
| Children | John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst |
| Parent(s) | Richard Copley and Mary Singleton Copley |
John Singleton CopleyRA (July 3, 1738[1] – September 9, 1815) was an Anglo-American painter, active in both colonial America and England. He was believed to be born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Anglo-Irish. After becoming well-established as a portrait painter of the wealthy in colonial