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5c John Singleton Copley single
Object Details
- Description
- This John Singleton Copley Issue stamp honors John Singleton Copley, an American painter, active during the colonial period in America and England. He is best known for his portrait painting. The stamp features a detail of Copley’s oil painting “The Copley Family,” which depicts the artist’s daughter, Elizabeth Clarke Copley.
- United States; England; John Singleton Copley; artist; painter; painting; colonial; art; woman; daughter; Royal Academy; portrait
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- September 17, 1965
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5532
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Elizabeth Clarke Copley, American, 1770 - 1866
- Associated Person
- John Singleton Copley, American, 1738 - 1815
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (black, brown, olive); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1273
- Topic
- Art & Photography
- Family & Children
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5532
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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