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Hopefully you were able to see the power of a portrait and that a portrait artist can have. These works preserve likenesses for future generations and advertise the sitters wealth and taste as well as the tastes of their society. You've seen how a painting, or even a chest of drawers reflects the time period in which it was created.
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Samuel Quincy

about 1767
John Singleton Copley
90.49 x 147.64 cm (35 5/8 x 28 1/8 in.)
Oil on canvas

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Samuel Quincy

about 1767
John Singleton Copley
90.49 x 147.64 cm (35 5/8 x 28 1/8 in.)
Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings


Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Bequest of Miss Grace W. Treadwell
Accession number: 1970.356

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Paul Revere

1768
John Singleton Copley
89.22 x 72.39 cm (35 1/8 x 28 1/2 in.)
Oil on canvas

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Paul Revere

1768
John Singleton Copley
89.22 x 72.39 cm (35 1/8 x 28 1/2 in.)
Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings


Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Not on view

Gift of Joseph W. Revere, William B. Revere and Edward H. R. Revere
Accession number: 30.781


Inscriptions: Lower right: 1768

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