Portrait of Miss Rhoda Cranston by John Singleton Copley
Update: 2021-05-06
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Miss Rhoda Cranston looks out of her portrait and slightly to her left. Painted by John Singleton Copley around 1756, we see the artist relying on current English traditions of portraiture to establish the status of his subject. Copley studied contemporary portraits in England and Europe available to him in Boston through prints and is learning from them trends in both placement and background as well as the necessity of outfitting his sitters in the latest fashions.
John Singleton Copley
American, 1738-1815
Portrait of Miss Rhoda Cranston, 1756-58
Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 inches
Gift of Mrs. Alan Cunningham
1978.27
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