Details
| Artist | John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 |
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| Date | ca. 1764 |
| Medium | pastel on paper, mounted on wood panel |
| Dimensions | Unframed: 23 3/4 × 18 inches (60.3 × 45.7 cm) Framed: 30 1/2 × 24 1/4 × 3 inches (77.5 × 61.6 × 7.6 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund |
| Accession Number | 58.359 |
| Department | American Art before 1950 |
| Not On View |
Provenance
1958-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Goodwin, D. Life and Services of James Pitts and his Sons. Chicago, 1881, pp. 33.
Detroit Art Loan Exhibition. Exh. cat., Detroit Museum of Art. Detroit, 1883, p. 19, no. 148.
Pearce and Penhallow. The Penhallow Family. Boston, 1885, p. 22.
Goodwin, D. The Dearborns. Chicago, 1886, p. 21.
Goodwin, D. Provincial Pictures. Chicago, 1886, pp. 70-71.
Paintings by Early American Artists. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1915, no. 9.
Pilgrim Tercentenary Exhibition. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1921, no. 8.
Bayley, F. W. Five Colonial Artists of New England. Boston, 1929, p. 253.
Aubin, A. A. A Warner House Biography. Boston, 1935, p. 12.
Parker, Barbara N. and A.B. Wheeler. John Singleton Copley: American Portraits in Oil, Pastel , and Miniature, with Biographical Sketches. Boston, 1938, p. 227-228.
Payne, Elizabeth . Eight Generations of the Pitts Family. Detroit, 1959, pp. 30-31.
Payne, Elizabeth. “Pitts Family Portraits of the 18th Century.” Antiques (January 1960): pp. 87-89.
Prown, Jules D. John Singleton Copley. Cambridge, MA, 1966, p. 225 (pl. 131).
Detroit Art Loan Exhibition. Exh. cat., Detroit Museum of Art. Detroit, 1883, p. 19, no. 148.
Pearce and Penhallow. The Penhallow Family. Boston, 1885, p. 22.
Goodwin, D. The Dearborns. Chicago, 1886, p. 21.
Goodwin, D. Provincial Pictures. Chicago, 1886, pp. 70-71.
Paintings by Early American Artists. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1915, no. 9.
Pilgrim Tercentenary Exhibition. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1921, no. 8.
Bayley, F. W. Five Colonial Artists of New England. Boston, 1929, p. 253.
Aubin, A. A. A Warner House Biography. Boston, 1935, p. 12.
Parker, Barbara N. and A.B. Wheeler. John Singleton Copley: American Portraits in Oil, Pastel , and Miniature, with Biographical Sketches. Boston, 1938, p. 227-228.
Payne, Elizabeth . Eight Generations of the Pitts Family. Detroit, 1959, pp. 30-31.
Payne, Elizabeth. “Pitts Family Portraits of the 18th Century.” Antiques (January 1960): pp. 87-89.
Prown, Jules D. John Singleton Copley. Cambridge, MA, 1966, p. 225 (pl. 131).
