Painting (Portrait)

  • Title:

    The Gore Children

  • Category:

    Paintings

  • Creator (Role):

    John Singleton Copley (Artist)

  • Place of Origin:

    Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1753-1755

  • Materials:

    Oil paint; Canvas

  • Techniques:

    Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1959.3408


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1959.3408

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

The Gore Children

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Singleton Copley (Artist)
07/03/1738-09/09/1815

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1753-1755

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

40.6 (H) , 56.9 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

103 (H) , 144.5 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
Published as fig. 11, pp. 95-6.
[Book] Rebora, Carrie & Staiti, Paul J. 1995 John Singleton Copley in America.
See pp. 60, 170-72, 280. Published as cat. no. 5.
[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Published as cat. no. 19, pp. 32-3.
[Book] Vlach, John Michael. 1988 Plain Painters: Making Sense of American Folk Art.
Published on p. 8.