Peter Boylston Adams?

John Singleton Copley, Peter Boylston Adams?, ca. 1765-1770, oil on copper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.7
John Singleton Copley, Peter Boylston Adams?, ca. 1765-1770, oil on copper, image (oval): 3 1⁄8 x 2 1⁄2 in. (7.8 x 6.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.7
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Artwork Details

Title
Peter Boylston Adams?
Artist
Date
ca. 1765-1770
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image (oval): 3 1⁄8 x 2 1⁄2 in. (7.8 x 6.2 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on copper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Adams, Peter Boylston — bust
Object Number
1999.27.7
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1999.27.7

Artwork Description

This miniature is thought to show Peter Boylston Adams, who was born in Norfolk, Massachusetts, in 1738. Peter was the brother of the second president of the United States, John Adams, and a captain in the Revolutionary War. He married Mary Crosby in 1768, and this miniature may have been painted to commemorate their wedding.

Works by this artist (5 items)

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John Singleton Copley, Robert Hooper, ca. 1770-1772, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Diane and Norman Bernstein, 2006.12.1
Robert Hooper
Artist
Dateca. 1770-1772
oil on canvas
On view
John Singleton Copley, Mrs. George Watson, 1765, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Partial gift of Henderson Inches, Jr., in honor of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Inches, and museum purchase made possible in part by Mr. and Mrs. R. Crosby Kemper through the Crosby Kemper Foundation; the American Art Forum; and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1991.189
Mrs. George Watson
Artist
Date1765
oil on canvas
On view
John Singleton Copley, Peter Boylston Adams?, ca. 1765-1770, oil on copper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.7
Peter Boylston Adams?
Artist
Dateca. 1765-1770
oil on copper
Not on view
Henry Wolf, John Singleton Copley, John Adams Quincy, 1915, wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.299
John Adams Quincy
Artist
Date1915
wood engraving on paper
Not on view

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John Trumbull, Portrait of a Gentleman, ca. 1790, oil on wood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1984.64
Portrait of a Gentleman
Artist
Dateca. 1790
oil on wood
Not on view