Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne

- 128.0 x 102.0 cm
John Singleton Copley (1738 – 1815)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, Stati Uniti d'America)
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Mercy Gorham (1695–1782) was born and raised on Cape Cod, in the colony of Massachusetts. In 1718 she married Sylvanus Bourne, a prosperous merchant, and two years later they settled in the port town of Barnstable. The couple had eleven children. Copley painted Mrs. Bourne three years after her husband’s death, when she was seventy-one years old. She holds a book in her lap and gazes toward the viewer with intelligence and good humor.
Informazioni sull'opera
- Titolo: Mrs. Sylvanus Bourne
- Artista: John Singleton Copley
- Anno: 1766
- Dimensioni originali: 128.0 x 102.0 cm
- Formato: Portrait
- Stato del copyright: Di pubblico dominio
- Dove vederlo: Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Colore principale: Phthalo Green
- Intensità del colore: Monochromatic