Object Number 1964.0023 A

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Mary Philipse Morris (Mrs. Roger Morris)

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

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

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Copley painted Mrs. Morris during a six-month stay in New York in 1771. He enjoyed great success in the city and completed a remarkable thirty-seven portraits while there, often charging higher fees than he did in Boston.

Date

1771-1771

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Lower left; COPLEY

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

30 (H) , 24.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

76.2 (H) , 62.23 (W)

Measurement Notes

Measurement is of stretcher. No measurements in conservation files.

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. 25, p. 112.
[Book] Rebora, Carrie & Staiti, Paul J. 1995 John Singleton Copley in America.
• Published as cat. no. 70, pp. 298-300.
[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as cat. no. 32, pp. 58-9.
[Book] 1929 Five Colonial Artists of New England.
• Illustrated as pl. no. 239.
[Book] Zimmerman, Jean. 2007 The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-Merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty.
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