John Singleton Copley
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John Singleton Copley was an artist from the British Empire, best known for Letters & papers of John Singleton Copley and Henry Pelham, 1739-1776.
Quick Facts About John Singleton Copley
- Born
- July 3, 1738
- Died
- September 9, 1815
- Nationality
- British Empire
- Profession
- Artist
- Notable works
- Letters & papers of John Singleton Copley and Henry Pelham, 1739-1776
- Known for
- Watson and the Shark, The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781, The Death of the Earl of Chatham, The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar, September 1782, Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton. Soldier; Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire
- Spouse
- Susannah Farnum Clarke
About John Singleton Copley
John Singleton Copley was an American-born British painter active in both the Thirteen Colonies and England. He is believed to have been born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Anglo-Irish. After becoming well-established as a portrait painter of the wealthy in colonial New England, he moved to London in 1774, never returning to America. In London, he met considerable success as a portraitist for the next two decades, and also painted a number of large history paintings, which were innovative in their readiness to depict modern subjects and modern dress. His later years were less successful, and he died heavily in debt. He was father of John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst and half-brother of Henry Pelham, the American painter, engraver, and cartographer.
Biography source: Wikipedia
