R.M. Copeland

Thomas Edwards, R.M. Copeland, ca. 1825, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1963.9.4
Copied 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
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
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
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.