John Singleton Copley

John Singleton Copley (1737-1815) was an English portrait and historical painter, born in Boston, U.S. He painted Washington's portrait at the age of eighteen. He came to England in 1776, having previously sent over for exhibition sundry of his works. He painted portraits of the king and the queen. He began the historical works on which his fame chiefly rests, the most widely known perhaps of which is the "Death of Chatham," now in the National Gallery.

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