American Colonial Era Painter, 1738-1815
John Singleton Copley (1738[1] - 1815) was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects. His paintings were innovative in their tendency to depict artifacts relating to these individuals' lives. Related Paintings of John Singleton Copley :. | watson and the shark | Portrait of Thomas Greene | The Death of Major Pierson (nn03) | Mrs Benjamin Pickman | Mr Mrs Thomas Miffin | Related Artists: FETI, Domenico Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1589-1624 Narjot, Ernest American, 1826-98 Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch painted Milking cows underneath the willows in