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 :. | Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miffin (Sarah Morris) (Thomas Mifflin) | Jonathan Jackson | Portrait of the Salem | Watson and the Shark | Watson and the Shark (1778) depicts the rescue of Brook Watson from a shark attack in Havana, Cuba. |
Related Artists:
Jacopo de Barbari
active in Nuremberg 1500-1515/16
Bartolomeo Bezzi
painted Sulle rive dell'Adige in 1885
Cornelis Lieste
painted Landscape with Crescent Moon in