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Abigael Bromfield Rogers (Mrs. Daniel Denison Rogers) (1753-1791), John Singleton Copley, American. John Singleton Copley, 18th Century Hats, John Singleton, Dramatic Background, 18th Century Portraits, Harvard Art Museum, Royal Aesthetic, American Painting, Art Google

Copley painted this portrait of his step-niece ten years after he fled the chaos of revolutionary Boston to settle in London. With its striking, windswept sitter; dramatic background of whites, blues, yellows, and reds; and vigorous brushwork and ridges of impasto, the portrait shows how fully Copley embraced the ideals of high-style British portraiture. It shows a confidence and freedom that is absent in the more direct and methodical works he made in New England. This portrait is tied to a…

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Nicholas Boylston (1716-1771) by John Singleton Copley, oil on canvas, 1769. John Singleton Copley, John Singleton, Fashion History Timeline, Harvard Art Museum, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Isaac Newton, 18th Century Fashion, American Painting

John Singleton Copley began his extraordinary transnational painting career in his late teens. Before he and his family left for London in 1775, Copley created luxurious likenesses of prominent Anglo-colonials in Boston. He combined detailed renderings of faces and garments with invented settings to aggrandize the wealth and status of the sitters’ families. In 1766, Copley was commissioned to paint portraits of the Boylston family. In this portrait of Nicholas Boylston, the sitter is shown…

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Shop for portrait wall art from the world's greatest living artists and iconic brands. Portraits have been a favorite subject of many classic pieces throughout the history of art. Wealthy individuals, especially royalty and religious figures, often commissioned paintings of themselves. While the process of having to sit for hours is mostly obsolete, the desire to capture the human or animal form has not diminished. Browse our collection of portraits to discover excellent modern and…

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