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Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Nude Composition Study; verso: Fleeing Woman and Child)

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Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Nude Composition Study; verso: Fleeing Woman and Child)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)

1782–84

Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink over graphite pencil (recto) and graphite pencil (verso) on cream laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 20.3 x 32.4 cm (8 x 12 3/4 in.)

Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts

Accession number39.267a-b

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ClassificationsDrawings

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ProvenanceThe artist until 1815; his son, John Singleton Copley, Jr., Lord Lyndhurst, until 1863; Lyndhurst Library sale, February 26-27, 1864; to Graves; Weyhe Galleries, NY, about 1929, to Maxim Karolik (Newport) for MFA, January 1939.

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Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Dying French Officer and Other Figures)

John Singleton Copley

1782–84

Recto: Study for the Figure of Princess Mary (Daughters of George III)
Verso: Studies from the Antique(?)

John Singleton Copley

1774–85

Bust of a Woman, head on hand

Bust of a Woman, head on hand

Charles Émile Jacque

1863

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Eight Figure Studies

Thomas Sully

1799–1872

Landscape with City and Waterways; verso: two scenes from Roman history (left, Bound Prisoner Led Away from a Seated Ruler; right, Caius Mrius in Prison)

Landscape with City and Waterways; verso: two scenes from Roman history (left, Bound Prisoner Led Away from a Seated Ruler; right, Caius Mrius in Prison)

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17th century

Girls and Procurer on Street Corner; verso: Sketches of Figures, Horses and a Tree

Girls and Procurer on Street Corner; verso: Sketches of Figures, Horses and a Tree

Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen

undated

The Expulsion of the Jesuits (Double sided drawing, preparatory drawings II and III for the etching)

The Expulsion of the Jesuits (Double sided drawing, preparatory drawings II and III for the etching)

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

mid-18th century

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Officers supporting Major Peirson; verso: Nude Composition Study and Officer Leading Troops)

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Officers supporting Major Peirson; verso: Nude Composition Study and Officer Leading Troops)

John Singleton Copley

1782–84

Studies for " The Knatchbull Family"
Recto: Mother and child/ and two children
Verso: Lady Knatchbull and child; two children playing

Studies for " The Knatchbull Family"
Recto: Mother and child/ and two children
Verso: Lady Knatchbull and child; two children playing

John Singleton Copley

1800–03

A Scene from the Life of Saint Francis Solano (recto); Studies for the Figures of Saint Francis Solano and San Salvador (verso)

A Scene from the Life of Saint Francis Solano (recto); Studies for the Figures of Saint Francis Solano and San Salvador (verso)

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

late 17th century

Recto (a): Sketch of tackle on spar; Verso (b): Sketch of men on ship's deck

Recto (a): Sketch of tackle on spar; Verso (b): Sketch of men on ship's deck

John Singer Sargent

about 1876

Niagara Falls (recto and verso)

Niagara Falls (recto and verso)

Alvan Fisher