John Singleton Copley writes in the third person to the collector, engraver, and print-seller Sir John Thane, requesting portraits of Sir Henry Slingsby, Sir Benjamin Rudyard, Sir Henry Deering, and Francis Rowse for his historical picture of Charles I Demanding in the House of Commons the Five Impeached Members, 17821795 (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Citation:
John Singleton Copley. John Singleton Copley letter to John Thane, 1794 December 29. Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. artists' letters collection, 1794-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
U.S. public domain
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560