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John Singleton Copley (July 3, 1738 – September 9, 1815) was an Anglo-American painter, active in both colonial America and England. He was probably 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.
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John Singleton Copley The Collapse of the Earl of Chatham in the House of Lords, 7 July 1778
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John Singleton Copley The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781
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John Singleton Copley The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar, 13 September 1782; ?replica
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John Singleton Copley Study for ‘The Collapse of the Earl of Chatham’
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John Singleton Copley Study for ‘The Collapse of the Earl of Chatham’
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John Singleton Copley Study for ‘The Death of Major Peirson’
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John Singleton Copley Portrait of Mrs Gill
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John Singleton Copley The Fountaine Family
?1776