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Mrs. Henry Hill (Anna Barrett)

A work made of pastel on paper mounted on linen.
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  • A work made of pastel on paper mounted on linen.

Date:

c. 1765–70

Artist:

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)

About this artwork

In 2006 the Art Institute of Chicago was lucky enough to acquire John Singleton Copley’s pastel Henry Hill (2006.83), the companion to Mrs. Henry Hill (Anna Barrett) which has been in the collection since 1959. Both pastels retain their original Rococo-style frames. They may have been carved by the Boston cratsman John Welch, who created many of Copley’s Rococo frames, the type the artist used most frequently for his American portraits. The frame on Mrs. Henry Hill was gilded, as this was generally appropriate for the Rococo style; however, recent scholarship has revealed that a few Copley frames, like that of Henry Hill, were painted black. Thus, these portraits present two different ways that Copley’s frames might have been finished.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

John Singleton Copley

Title

Mrs. Henry Hill (Anna Barrett)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

c. 1765–1770

Medium

Pastel on paper mounted on linen

Dimensions

58.4 × 43.2 cm (23 × 17 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Barrett Wendell Jr.

Reference Number

1959.511

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