Mrs. James Russell (Katherine Graves) (1717–1778)

Artist John Singleton Copley American, 1738–1815, active in Great Britain 1774–1815

Datecirca 1770

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions50 1/4 x 40 in. (127.6 x 101.6 cm)
Frame: 57 x 47 1/2 in. (144.8 x 120.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest) and the State of North Carolina, by exchange

Object number92.9

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Provenance**Presumably commissioned by Mr. and/or Mrs. James Russell, Charlestown, MA, ca. 1770; created United States, ca. 1770; Mr. and Mrs. James Russell; to daughter, Rebecca Graves Russell [1] Lowell; to daughter, Elizabeth Cutts Lowell [2] Dutton; to her son, James Dutton Russell (formerly James Russell Dutton); to his daughter, Elizabeth Lowell Dutton Russell [3] Dalton; to children, Henry Rogers Dalton Jr., and Elizabeth Lowell Dalton, Boston; extended loan to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1906–08, 1925–1942; given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1942 (acc.no. 42.101); [Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1980]; private collection, New Rochelle, NY; [Kennedy Galleries, New York]; sold to NCMA, 1992.

[1] Mrs. John
[2] Mrs. Warren
[3] Mrs. Henry Rogers

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