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John Singleton Copley
Also Known as: John Singleton Copley, the Elder
Born:
Boston, Massachusetts
1738
Died:
London, England
1815
Biography
Born in Boston, moved to London in 1774. The most celebrated American artist of the 18th century, he achieved great success first as a portraitist in Massachusetts, later as a history painter in England.
Charles Sullivan, ed American Beauties: Women in Art and Literature (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)
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