Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene)

c. 1764

John Singleton Copley garnered considerable success as a portrait painter before the Revolutionary War. The sitter here, Mary Greene Hubbard, was a member of Boston’s merchant class. Her pose, gown, and background were precisely copied from a British engraving of a noblewoman, yet Copley distinguished the work as his own by capturing Hubbard’s unique features and the luxurious fabrics she wears.

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Artist

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)

Date

c. 1764

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

127.6 × 100.9 cm (50 1/4 × 39 3/4 in.)

Origin

England

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Art Institute of Chicago Purchase Fund