George Green
John Singleton Copley
(American, 1738–1815)
about 1768–69
Medium/TechniqueOil on copper
Dimensions8.25 x 6.35 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineEmily L. Ainsley Fund
Accession number49.81
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ProvenanceAbout 1769, the sitter's wife, Katharine Aspinwall Green (1745-1776), Brookline, Mass.; 1776, descended via her brother through the Aspinwall family to Miss Mary Rozel Trull (born 1875); by descent to her cousin, Philip C. Aspinwall, Southboro, Mass.; 1949, with Charles D. Childs, Boston; 1949, sold by Charles D. Childs to the MFA for $1,750. (Accession Date: March 10, 1949)