John Temple

1765

John Singleton Copley

Artist, American, 1738 - 1815

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on tan laid paper mounted on canvas (on strainer)

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 59.7 x 40 cm (23 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2003.133.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Boston; Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple Winthhrop, Boston; Winthrop Tappan, Boston; Augusta Temple Tappan, Bound Brook, New Jersey; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, Detroit, Michigan; Dr. Irving Levitt, Southfield, Michigan, by 1966; purchased by NGA via Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY, 2003.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

2006

  • Robison, Andrew. "John Singleton Copley, John Temple." _Bulletin / National Gallery of Art, no. 19 (Spring 2004): 8, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: JS (monogram) Copley pinxit / 1765

Wikidata ID

Q64584139

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