JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY (American/ English, 1738-1815). PORTRAITS OF CAPTAIN BENJAMIN BEALE OF QUINCY MASSACHUSETTS AND HIS WIFE, ANNE COPELAND BEALE AND A PORTRAIT OF THEIR 8TH CHILD: THREE WORKS, oil on canvas
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THE COLLECTOR MAINTAINS THAT AN APPROPRIATE AUCTION ESTIMATE, BASED ON PRICES REALIZED FOR RECENTLY SOLD WORKS BY COPLEY, IS $2,000,000-4,000,000
- Framed, pair: 30 in. x 25 in., each; child portrait: 16 1/2 in. x 13 in.
PROVENANCE: Acquired by purchase
LITERATURE: Frank W. Bayley, "John Singleton Copley, Founded on the Work of Augustus Thorndike Perkins", The Taylor Press, 1915, p. 57-58.
