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Only a few painters became famous as young people thanks to their talent. John Singleton Copley, who grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, as the son of Anglo-Irish colonists, is certainly a prime example of this. He painted a portrait of his brother at the age of 14. He earned his first money at the age of fifteen with a portrait of a local clergyman, and at sixteen he painted his early work "Mars, Venus and Vulcan", which is still famous today. Copley not only fed the family through his art, he also quickly rose to the upper circles of Boston.
During this period of the Seven Years' War for possession of Canada, "America" was considered a rough corner and an eternal source of unrest. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Copley's paintings also caused a sensation in Great Britain from 1766 onwards, especially the portrait "Boy with Squirrel". Critics compared it with Rubens or van Dyck, and recommended an engagement in Europe. While Boston, in particular, gradually developed into a stronghold of colonial discontent, Copley was emphatically apolitical; his wife's family were all "loyalists" - his father-in-law, Mr. Clarke, was one of the aggrieved importers at the famous "Boston Tea Party". Copley left Massachusetts in 1774, the year the war broke out, and was never to return.
In London Copley began a second career as a history painter. Historical pieces were in great demand in the nationally conscious, up-and-coming island empire of the time. He made his debut with the "Death of the Earl of Chatham" and painted sea pieces such as the surrender of Admiral de Winter, but also religious themes such as "Hagar and Ismael in the Desert". But Copley did not deny his American roots either. After the independence of the United States, he was the first to dare to paint a ship with the U.S. flag - "Watson and the Shark", a salvation from extreme hardship, became a success on both sides of the Atlantic. Copley painted portraits of many famous Americans during their stays in London, including the later US Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. However, planned visits to the old homeland never came about. The Napoleonic Wars consumed his fortune.
John Singleton Copley is now highly regarded on both sides of the Atlantic. His son John Singleton Copley jr., a brilliant lawyer and jurist, later even became British Lord Chancellor.
Only a few painters became famous as young people thanks to their talent. John Singleton Copley, who grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, as the son of Anglo-Irish colonists, is certainly a prime example of this. He painted a portrait of his brother at the age of 14. He earned his first money at the age of fifteen with a portrait of a local clergyman, and at sixteen he painted his early work "Mars, Venus and Vulcan", which is still famous today. Copley not only fed the family through his art, he also quickly rose to the upper circles of Boston.
During this period of the Seven Years' War for possession of Canada, "America" was considered a rough corner and an eternal source of unrest. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Copley's paintings also caused a sensation in Great Britain from 1766 onwards, especially the portrait "Boy with Squirrel". Critics compared it with Rubens or van Dyck, and recommended an engagement in Europe. While Boston, in particular, gradually developed into a stronghold of colonial discontent, Copley was emphatically apolitical; his wife's family were all "loyalists" - his father-in-law, Mr. Clarke, was one of the aggrieved importers at the famous "Boston Tea Party". Copley left Massachusetts in 1774, the year the war broke out, and was never to return.
In London Copley began a second career as a history painter. Historical pieces were in great demand in the nationally conscious, up-and-coming island empire of the time. He made his debut with the "Death of the Earl of Chatham" and painted sea pieces such as the surrender of Admiral de Winter, but also religious themes such as "Hagar and Ismael in the Desert". But Copley did not deny his American roots either. After the independence of the United States, he was the first to dare to paint a ship with the U.S. flag - "Watson and the Shark", a salvation from extreme hardship, became a success on both sides of the Atlantic. Copley painted portraits of many famous Americans during their stays in London, including the later US Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. However, planned visits to the old homeland never came about. The Napoleonic Wars consumed his fortune.
John Singleton Copley is now highly regarded on both sides of the Atlantic. His son John Singleton Copley jr., a brilliant lawyer and jurist, later even became British Lord Chancellor.
.jpg "The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781 by John Singleton Copley")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-14691).jpg "Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mifflin (Sarah Morris) by John Singleton Copley")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-542773).jpg "Portrait of Woodbury Langdon (1739-1805) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley")
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_Demanding_the_Five_Members_in_the_House_of_Commons_in_1642_-_(MeisterDrucke-290510).jpg "Charles I Demanding the Five Members in the House of Commons in 1642 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Lydia Henchman Hancock by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Elizabeth Gray Otis Mrs. Samuel Alleyne Otis by John Singleton Copley")
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_in_Hunting_Outfit_1764_-_(MeisterDrucke-249759).jpg "Mrs Epes Sargent (Catherine Osborne) in Hunting Outfit, 1764 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Baron Graham by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Drapery Study, Two Figures Pulling a Pole, 1785-86 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Return of Neptune by John Singleton Copley")
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_after_a_drawing_of_the_origin_-_(MeisterDrucke-320965).jpg "Henry Laurens, Engraved by Thomas B. Welch after a Drawing by William G. Armstrong by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Thomas Amory II, c.1770-72 by John Singleton Copley")
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_c1765-1770_(pastel_on_paper_mounted_on_linen)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1426629).jpg "Mrs. Henry Hill (Anna Barrett) by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1226003).jpg "Anne Fairchild Bowler (Mrs. Metcalf Bowler) by John Singleton Copley")
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_1771_-_(MeisterDrucke-566042).jpg "Portrait of Mrs Paul Richard, nee Elizabeth Garland by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Death of Major Pierson by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-597939).jpg "Rescue Group by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-898683).jpg "Portrait of General Thomas Gage, c.1768 by John Singleton Copley")
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_(1730-68)_1763_-_(MeisterDrucke-575614).jpg "Mrs John Murray (Lucretia Chandler) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "John Adams, from")
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.jpg "The Battle of Jersey, 1781 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Samuel telling his Vision to Eli, 1 Samuel by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. Alexander Cumming, née Elizabeth Goldthwaite, later Mrs. John Bacon by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Eleazer Tyng, 1772 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Gulian Verplanck by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "A Hussar Officer on Horseback by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Abigail Smith Babcock Mrs. Adam Babcock, c. 1774 by John Singleton Copley")
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_1770_-_(MeisterDrucke-581420).jpg "Elizabeth Goldthwaite (Mrs. Alexander Cumming) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. Sylvester Gardiner, née Abigail Pickman, formerly Mrs. William Eppes by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Sarah Jackson by John Singleton Copley")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-15876).jpg "A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "George Boone Roupell by John Singleton Copley")
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_c_1763_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1427158).jpg "Anne Fairchild Bowler (Mrs. Metcalf Bowler) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Eleazer Tyng, 1772 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Andrew Oliver, c. 1758 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Robert Hooper by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. Benjamin Hallowell by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Copley Family, 1776 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Nathaniel Hurd by John Singleton Copley")
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_Sophia_(1777-1848)_and_Am_-_(MeisterDrucke-261601).jpg "Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Mary (1776-1857), Sophia (1777-1848) and Amelia (1783-1810), engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi, pub. by the artist, 1792 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Moses Gill, ca. 1759 by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1174526).jpg "John Burgwin (1731–1803) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Richard Heber by John Singleton Copley")
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_1763_-_(MeisterDrucke-573970).jpg "Portrait of Mrs Gawen Brown (Elizabeth Byles), 1763 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Daniel Hubbard by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1427198).jpg "Harrison Gray by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "General George Augustus Eliott on a Grey Charger, study for")
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.jpg "The Most Noble Charles Marquis Cornwallis, Master General of the Ordnance, Lieutenant General, General Governor of Ireland, circa 1798 by John Singleton Copley")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-16217).jpg "Mrs. Daniel Sargent (Mary Turner) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Midshipman Augustus Brine by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Elizabeth Greenleaf, 1753-54 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "John Greenleaf, c.1755-58 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley")
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 after a drawing of the original by James Barton Longacre (1794-1869) - (MeisterDrucke-198025).jpg "Samuel Adams, engraved by G.F. Storm after a drawing of the original by James Barton Longacre by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Death of Major Pierson, 6 January 1781 by John Singleton Copley")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-654254).jpg "Abigail Smith Babcock (Mrs. Adam Babcock) by John Singleton Copley")
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_from_National_-_(MeisterDrucke-107801).jpg "George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1227649).jpg "Abigail Smith Babcock (Mrs. Adam Babcock) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Figure Study for the Painting of the Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for Sailor Bearing the Dutch Flag by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Richard Heber, 1782 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "John Singleton Copley Self-Portrait by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1426141).jpg "Portrait of William Murray by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "John Scollay, 1760 by John Singleton Copley")
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_Sophia_(1777-1848)_and_Amelia_(1783-1810)_daughters_-_(MeisterDrucke-113038).jpg "Princesses Mary, Sophia, and Amelia, Daughters of George III, Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Stillwell Family, 1786 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Richard Dana by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1574088).jpg "Portrait of Mrs. John Stevens (Judith Sargent, later Mrs. John Murray) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Charles Cornwallis, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1383862).jpg "Mrs. Daniel Sargent (Mary Turner) by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1453302).jpg "Sir Brook Watson, c.1796 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Death of the Earl of Chatham, 1779 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "General Thomas Gage by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar, pub. 1810 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Sketch for The Copley Family by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Samuel and Eli, engraved by S. Allen, from")
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.jpg "George John Spencer, 1st Lord of the Admiralty in Garter Robes by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Edward Holyoke by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Charles Pelham by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Joseph Gerrish by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of Joseph Scott by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Daniel Crommelin Verplanck by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs Clark Gayton by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1553731).jpg "Mrs. Daniel Denison Rogers (Abigail Bromfield) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. John Winthrop by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Mrs. Alexander Cumming, née Elizabeth Goldthwaite, later Mrs. John Bacon by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "John Adams by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Anna Susan Dummer Powell (1684) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Latitia F. Balfour by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Captain W. Fairfax, figure study for the painting of Victory of Lord Duncan by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "John Greenleaf by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1501771).jpg "Admiral Clark Gayton (1720-1787) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Benjamin West by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of Margaret Kemble Gage by John Singleton Copley")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1554096).jpg "Portrait of Henry Laurens (1724-1792) by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Charles, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Cornwallis, c.1795 by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Death of the Earl of Chatham by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of a gentleman by John Singleton Copley")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs. John Winthrop by John Singleton Copley")
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