Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Bayou Bend Collection 1 Westcott Street Houston Texas 77007 Accession Number: B.54.31
Date:
Ca. 1758-1860
Notes:
"American decorative arts and paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection," Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1998, no. P15.
Warren, David B., "Bayou Bend: American furniture, paintings, and silver from the Bayou Bend Collection," Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1975.
Prown, Jules David. "John Singleton Copley," Cambridge, MA: Published for the National Gallery of Art, Washington [by] Harvard University Press, 1966.
Summary:
Full-length portrait of a boy standing with his left hand on his hip and leaning his right elbow on a balustrade. He holds a battledore racket in his right hand. A shuttlecock and hat are on the ground at his feet. He wears a blue waistcoat and a pink flower tucked in a buttonhole of his overcoat. A sunset landscape is in the background at right.