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

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)

1782–84

Medium/TechniqueBlack and white chalk on blue laid paper, squared for transfer in graphite pencil, with notes in graphite pencil and pen and brown ink

DimensionsSheet: 34.6 x 56.8 cm (13 5/8 x 22 3/8 in.)

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

Accession number39.270

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ProvenanceThe artist until 1815; his son, John Singleton Copley, Jr., Lord Lyndhurst, until 1863; Lyndhurst Library sale, 26-27 Feb., 1864; to Graves; Weyhe Galleries, NY, about 1929, to Maxim Karolik, Newport for Museum of Fine Arts, Jan. 1939

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Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar" Running Male Figure (Figure on Cannon in Longboat)

John Singleton Copley

1785–88

Study for "The Knatchbull Family": A Daughter ( figure at right)

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John Singleton Copley

1800–03

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Study for " The Knatchbull Family" : A Daughter ( figure at left)

John Singleton Copley

1800–03

Landscape with Figures and Stag Hunt

Landscape with Figures and Stag Hunt

Unidentified artist, French, 16th century

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Young Boy and Fleeing Mother and Child)

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Young Boy and Fleeing Mother and Child)

John Singleton Copley

1782–84

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Fleeing Mother and Child; verso: Wounded Soldier holding a Musket)

John Singleton Copley

1782–84

Seated Boy and Girl in a Landscape

Seated Boy and Girl in a Landscape

John Singleton Copley

1783–88

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

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

John Singleton Copley

1782–84

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Officer Leading Troops and Wounded Drummer; verso: Robed Figure and Two Geometric Torso Studies)

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson" (Officer Leading Troops and Wounded Drummer; verso: Robed Figure and Two Geometric Torso Studies)

John Singleton Copley

1782–84

Landscape with Figures on a Road

Landscape with Figures on a Road

Jan van de Velde II

early 17th century

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

John Singleton Copley

1774–85

Alexander and the Family of Darius (or The Clemency of Scipio?)

Alexander and the Family of Darius (or The Clemency of Scipio?)

Valentin Lefèvre

about 1660–80