John Singleton Copley and the heroes of the American Revolution.

From: The Magazine Antiques | Date: July 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Portraitist John Singleton Copley catered to the prominent politicians and families in New England in the American Revolutionary period. His works survive as a valuable record of the people who figured significantly in the political upheavals of the time.

John Singleton Copley rarely ventured a political opinion. He could not afford to, for he counted among his potential clients equal numbers of New England's most prominent Whigs and Tories, patriots and Loyalists. As he wrote to Benjamin West on November 24, 1770, "I am desireous of avoideing every imputation of party spir[it], ...

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