The Magazine Antiques, October 1st, 1995
American artist John Singleton Copley found a thriving career as a portraitist when he moved to England in 1774. Copley's work is characterized by an extreme attention to detail, such as in his rendering of cloth, surfaces as well as his dramatic narrative style.
John Singleton Copley rarely missed an opportunity to bemoan the lack of cultural sophistication he perceived in colonial America. In 1767 he described the limited artistic environment of Boston to a friend: "You are sensible that fame cannot be durable where pictures are confined to sitting rooms, and regarded only for the resemblan...
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