Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 1970.356
Date:
Ca. 1767
Notes:
"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
Prown, Jules David. "John Singleton Copley," Cambridge, MA: Published for the National Gallery of Art, Washington [by] Harvard University Press, 1966.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 60.
Image on file.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 60.
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Summary:
Portrait of Samuel Quincy seated by a table with his body facing front, his gaze directed toward the viewer, his left hand resting on his hip, his arm resting on the tabletop next to a stack of papers, a quill pen held in his left hand. He wears a powdered wig and a dark jacket with a long white collar.
