R.M. Copeland

Thomas Edwards, R.M. Copeland, ca. 1825, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 ¹⁄₈ x 1 ³⁄₄ in. (5.4 x 4.4 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1963.9.4

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Artwork Details

Title: R.M. Copeland
Artist: Thomas Edwards
Date: ca. 1825
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sight 2 ¹⁄₈ x 1 ³⁄₄ in. (5.4 x 4.4 cm) oval
Credit Line: Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
Mediums: watercolor
Mediums Description: watercolor on ivory
Classifications: Painting
Miniature
Subjects: Portrait male — Copeland, R.M. — bust
Object Number: 1963.9.4
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1963.9.4

Artwork Description

R. M. Copeland was from Roxbury, Massachusetts, and wrote an article published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1859 called “Country Life.” He served as quartermaster in Colonel George H. Gordon’s Second Massachusetts Regiment in the summer of 1861. By October of that year, Copeland was serving as acting assistant adjutant general to General Banks, stationed at Darnestown, Maryland.