Mary and Elizabeth Royall

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)

about 1758

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions145.73 x 122.24 cm (57 3/8 x 48 1/8 in.)

Credit LineJulia Knight Fox Fund

Accession number25.49

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ProvenanceAbout 1758 to the Royall family, Medford, Mass., until 1779. Gideon Snow, Boston; by descent to his son, the Rev. Theodore W. Snow, Boston; by descent to his daughter, Miss H. Elizabeth Snow, Pomfret, Conn.; 1925, sold by H. Elizabeth Snow to the MFA for $2,000. (Accession Date: March 5, 1925)