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John Singleton Copley: Epes Sargent (detail), ca.1760
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John Singleton Copley

[American Colonial Era Painter, 1738-1815]

• Relationships: Stepson of Peter Pelham from 1748 until Pelham's death in 1751.
Studied under Benjamin West.
Copley's students included Henry Sargent.
• Subject matter:  Specializes in Portraits.
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    John Singleton Copley Works Online    
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Original works by John Singleton Copley available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
 
 
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
Notable SiteArt Institute of Chicago   NEW!

Notable SiteDallas Museum of Art, Texas   NEW!
(There is a "Download" link for zooming in on some works, but confusingly this may take a while to become active)

Notable SiteJohn Singleton Copley at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
10 works online

Notable SiteFine Arts Museums of San Francisco   NEW!

Notable SiteMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York City   NEW!  

Notable SiteMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas  
Portrait of a Boy, ca.1758-60

Notable SiteMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston   NEW!
Drawings collection online

Notable SiteMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston   NEW!
Paintings collection online

Notable SiteNational Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh   NEW!

Notable SiteNational Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.   NEW!
Includes a biography of the artist

Notable SiteNational Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.   NEW!
Excellent exhibit built around Watson and the Shark

Notable SiteRoyal Academy of Arts Collection, London, UK

Notable SiteJohn Singleton Copley at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

Notable SiteTate Gallery, London, UK

Notable SiteThe Royal Collection, London, UK

Notable SiteYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut  
Isaac Smith

Notable SiteYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut  
Mrs. Isaac Smith (Elizabeth Storer)

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick

Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Maine (Zoomable)
Portrait of Thomas Flucker, ca.1770-71

Brooklyn Museum, New York City

Brooklyn Museum/Luce Center for American Art, New York City
(Undocumented Feature: In many cases the raw JPG image is much larger than displayed on the screen)

Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia

Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio   NEW!
Thomas Greene

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Mrs. Metcalf Bowler, 1758

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Thomas Amory II

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
9 works by or related to the artist

Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire
2 works online

Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Portrait of Captain John Small

Five College Museums Collections Database, Massachusetts

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma
Portrait of Mrs. Jabez Bowen (Sara Brown)

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

Los Angeles County Museum of Art   NEW!

Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York
Nathaniel Hurd

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota  
Mrs. Nathaniel Allen, ca.1763

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK
3 paintings online

John Singleton Copley at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
Portrait of John Winthrop

National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut
Lydia Lynde, ca.1762-64

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts
1 work online: Portrait of Sarah Erving Waldo (row 6/image 6). Click on the little "i" on the detail images to bring up information about the works.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey

Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
John Spooner, 1763

Seattle Art Museum

Smith College Museum of Art, Massachusetts

Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago   NEW!
Portrait of Mrs. John Stevens, 1770-72
Portrait of a Lady in a Blue Dress, 1763

The Huntington Library, California

The Newark Museum, New Jersey
Portrait of Mrs. Joseph Scott, ca.1765

The Walters Art Museum, Maryland   NEW!

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
(Images are zoomable; click on the "expand" icon below the detail image)

Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, California
Mrs. Thomas Gage

Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
(Click the "American 1700-1900" category, then see the work in the second row of thumbnails)

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Mrs. Isaac Royall, ca.1767-78

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Connecticut
Portrait of a Lady (Mrs. Seymour Fort)

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Mrs. Daniel Rogers, 1862

Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
Mr. James Otis, ca.1760
Mrs. James Otis (Mary Allyne Otis), ca.1760

Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
John Bours
Lucretia Chandler Murray (Mrs. John Murray)
Sarah Tyler Savage (Mrs. Samuel Phillips Savage)


Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
John Bours, ca.1765-70

 
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:

Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories
List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)

 
Art Market:
(e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)

Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)

 
Pictures from Image Archives:
Notable SiteJohn Singleton Copley at The Art Renewal Center

Notable SiteJohn Singleton Copley at The Artchive  

Notable SiteJohn Singleton Copley at The Athenaeum  
117 works online by Copley

Notable SiteJohn Singleton Copley in the Web Gallery of Art  

Notable SiteJohn Singleton Copley in the WebMuseum  

Notable SiteWikimedia Commons Image Database  

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)  
(a welcome screen is displayed for a couple of seconds before the search results appear)

California State University WorldImages Database  

CGFA  

Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)  

Humanities Web  

New York Public Library Digital Gallery

PBase Photo Sharing
(Tip: Set the image size to "original" to see photos at their highest resolution)

RKD Netherlands Imagebase   NEW!
Eclectic database of images that range from old black-and-white photos to superb, zoomable reproductions

The History Project at U.C. Davis  

Additional Image Search Tools:
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Google Images: "John Singleton Copley"      
 
Bing Images: "John Singleton Copley"   
 
 
Miscellaneous Sites:
Why We Think Nature is Beautiful
Illustrated article by Eugene C. Hargrove

 
Articles and Reference Sites:
Notable SiteEncyclopedia Britannica complete article on John Singleton Copley  
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting

Notable SiteRKD Netherlands Institute for Art History  

Notable SiteUnion List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Notable SiteWikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info

Antiques & Fine Art Magazine
Self-Portrait, ca.1770

Antiques & Fine Art Magazine
"Moses in Miniature: A Recently Discovered Portrait by John Singleton Copley"

Jersey Heritage Trust, UK
Biography of the artist


"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
Look Inside Books:Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader.            
Search Inside Books:Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon.
 
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America's Old Masters: West, Copley, Peale and Stuart


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