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John Singleton Copley

Portrait of Sarah Prince Gill, 1764

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Description

Maker

  • John Singleton Copley, ca. 1738-1815, American

Title

Portrait of Sarah Prince Gill

Year

1764

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Unsigned

Place

America

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

07.118

Projects & Publications

Publications

Teaching Notes/ Imagining the Americas

Read Online

Manual / Issue 1

Hand in Hand
Read Online

Selection VII

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

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

Sarah Prince Gill was the daughter of Reverend Thomas Prince, the rector of Old South Church, Boston. Well-educated and committed to a life of Christian piety, she believed in personal and political independence and initially resisted marriage as a state in which “Men’s [brains] increase in Proportion to the Decrease of the Women’s.” Six years older than her spouse, she accepted Moses Gill’s proposal reluctantly, believing God wanted her to assume the responsibilities of a household.

Copley portrayed Rebecca in a wooded landscape, a setting that acknowledges her contemplative personality and complements the handsome interior in which her husband is presented, seen at left.

Selection VII

March 31 - May 8, 1977

Exploring America

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John Singleton Copley

Portrait of Governor Moses Gill, 1764

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