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John Singleton Copley

Portrait of Rebecca Boylston Gill,

Maker

  • John Singleton Copley

Title

Portrait of Rebecca Boylston Gill

Medium

oil paint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Oil on canvas

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

126.4 x 100.3 cm (49 3/4 x 39 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Unsigned

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Museum purchase with funds from Isaac C. Bates, William Gammell, Henry D. Sharpe, Miss Ellen D. Sharpe, Elizabeth A. Shepard, Daniel B. Updike, the Honorable George P. Wetmore and Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

07.120

Portrait of Rebecca Boylston Gill

Manual / Issue 1

Hand in Hand
Read Online

Selected Works

Selection VII

American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

Signature: Unsigned

Publications

Manual / Issue 1

Hand in Hand
Read Online

Style and Sincerity

Read Online

Selected Works

Selection VII

American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Nicole Eisenman

November 1, 2019 - May 1, 2021

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

American Painting and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection

June 26, 1987 - January 3, 1988

Selection VII

March 31 - May 8, 1977
A formal portrait of a man dressed in 18th-century attire, wearing a blue coat, shiny waistcoat, and powdered hair with his right hand on his hip.

John Singleton Copley

Portrait of Governor Moses Gill
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