| John Singleton Copley  Born: 3-Jul-1738
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Died: 9-Sep-1815
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Painter Nationality: England
Executive summary: Boy with a Squirrel English historical painter, born of Irish parents at Boston, Massachusetts. He was self-educated, and commenced his career as a portrait painter in his native city. The germ of his reputation in England was a little picture of a boy and squirrel, exhibited at the Society of Arts in 1760. In 1774 he went to Rome, and from there in 1775 came to England. In 1777 he was admitted associate of the Royal Academy; in 1783 he was made Academician on the exhibition of his most famous picture, the "Death of Chatham", popularized immediately by Bartolozzi's elaborate engraving; and in 1790 he was commissioned to paint a portrait picture of the defense of Gibraltar. The "Death of Major Pierson", in the National Gallery, also deserves mention. Copley's powers appear to greatest advantage in his portraits. He was the father of Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst. Father: Peter Pelham (stepfather, engraver)
Wife: (m. 1769)
Son: John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst (Lord Chancellor)
Royal Academy of Arts
Irish Ancestry
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