John Temple, 1765

Not on View

Medium

pastel on tan laid paper mounted on canvas (on strainer)

Dimensions

overall: 59.7 x 40 cm (23 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2003.133.1

Artists / Makers

John Singleton Copley (artist) American, 1738 - 1815

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: JS (monogram) Copley pinxit / 1765

Provenance

Boston; Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple Winthhrop, Boston; Winthrop Tappan, Boston; Augusta Temple Tappan, Bound Brook, New Jersey; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, Detroit, Michigan; Dr. Irving Levitt, Southfield, Michigan, by 1966; purchased by NGA via Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY, 2003.

Associated Names

Fleischman, Lawrence A.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
Levitt, Irving, Dr.
Tappan, Augusta Temple
Tappan, Winthrop
Temple, Lady
Winthrop, Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple

Exhibition History

2019: The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

2006: Robison, Andrew. "John Singleton Copley, John Temple." Bulletin / National Gallery of Art, no. 19 (Spring 2004): 8, repro.