JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY
(1738 - 1815) was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of important figures in colonial New England, depicting in particular middle-class subjects. His paintings were innovative in their tendency to depict artifacts relating to these individuals' lives.

 

The child in the works of Copley:

Helnwein Child: John Singleton Copley, Young Lady with a Bird and Dog, 1767, Oil on canvas
John Singleton Copley, Young Lady with a Bird and Dog, 1767, Oil on canvas

 

Helnwein Child: John Singleton Copley, The Sitwell Children,1787, oil on canvas
John Singleton Copley, The Sitwell Children,1787, oil on canvas

 

Helnwein Child: John Singleton Copley, Portrait of the Copley Family, 1776, Oil on Canvas
John Singleton Copley, Portrait of the Copley Family, 1776, Oil on Canvas

 

Helnwein Child: John Singleton Copley, Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, 1771, oil on canvas
John Singleton Copley, Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, 1771, oil on canvas