John Singleton Copley · Collector's Edition Art Gallery
- Authors
- Davis, Nancy
- Publisher
- Davis Art Center
- Date
- 2015-07-08T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 8.89 MB
- Lang
- en
John Singleton Copley - A comprehensive collection of the artist's work in his lifetime. Deemed the finest colonial artist in America John Copley's life went full circle. Born on 3rd July 1738 in Boston Massachusetts Bay to impoverished Irish immigrants who owned a tobacco shop he died at his home in London on 18th August 1815 in debt as with his talent diminished his paintings failed to sell and his health had deteriorated both mentally and physically.