
Copley owed his living to this new class, whose wealth supported the artists, writers, and educators of the colonies. He had joined the elite not long before, through his marriage to Susanna Clarke, daughter of a prominent Boston merchant. The union literally moved Copley up in the world, where he and "Sukey" bought property on Beacon Hill, above downtown Boston.
Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006
- Title
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Robert Hooper
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1770-1772
- Location
- Dimensions
- 50 x 40 in. (127.0 x 101.6 cm)
- Credit Line
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Diane and Norman Bernstein
- Mediums Description
- oil on canvas
- Classifications
- Highlights
- Keywords
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- Occupation – industry – fishing
- Portrait male – Hooper, Robert, Jr.
- Object Number
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2006.12.1
- Palette
- Research Notes
- Linked Open Data
- Linked Open Data URI