Peter Boylston Adams?

Media - 1999.27.7 - SAAM-1999.27.7_1 - 13394
Copied John Singleton Copley, Peter Boylston Adams?, ca. 1765-1770, oil on copper, image (oval): 3 182 12 in. (7.86.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer, 1999.27.7
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Artwork Details

Title
Peter Boylston Adams?
Date
ca. 1765-1770
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image (oval): 3 182 12 in. (7.86.2 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on copper
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait male — Adams, Peter Boylston — bust
Object Number
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.