John Singleton Copley, American-English colonial and painter (born 1738)

John Singleton Copley

American-born painter (1738–1815)

John Singleton Copley was an American-born painter active in both the Thirteen Colonies and England. He was believed to be born in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Anglo-Irish. After becoming well-established as a portrait painter…