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Painter:
Copley, John Singleton 1738-1815  Search this
Subject:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
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.
Topic:
Portrait male--Child  Search this
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Object--Toy--Sports Equipment  Search this
Recreation--Sport & Play--Badminton  Search this
Landscape--Time--Sunset  Search this
Control number:
IAP 51330040
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_61989