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Identification and Creation

Object Number
H667
People
John Singleton Copley, American (Boston, MA 1738 - 1815 London, England)
John Codman (1782 - 1847)
Title
John Codman (1782-1847)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1807-1808
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305029

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
91.4 x 71.1 cm (36 x 28 in.)
framed: 113 x 93.3 x 17.8 cm (44 1/2 x 36 3/4 x 7 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: back of stretcher, paper: TO BE ATTACHED TO BACK OF FRAME
    Title: Reverend John Codman (script)
    Name of Owner: John Codman (script)
    Residence: 501 Beacon Street (script)
    Name of Artist: J. Singleton Copley (script)
    Value: $900 (script)
  • label: back of stretcher, paper: Museum of Fine Arts
    Artist: Copley
    Subject: Rev. Dr. John Codman
    Owner: Mrs. John Codman
    Date of Loan: May 23rd, 1895
    No.: 2173

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
By descent to the sitter's son, Robert Codman, 1847; to his son, Bishop Robert Codman; to his wife, Mrs. Robert Codman; her gift to her niece, Catherine Codman (Mrs. Eugene C.) Eppinger; her gift to Harvard College, 1981.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. Eugene C. Eppinger, 1981
Object Number
H667
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Augustus Thorndyke Perkins, A Sketch of the Life and a List of Some of the Works of John Singleton Copley, J. R. Osgood & Company (Boston, MA, 1873), p. 45
  • Frank William Bayley, The Life and Works of John Singleton Copley: Founded on the Work of Augustus Thorndike Perkins, The Taylor Press (Boston, MA, 1915), pp. 33, 80
  • Theodore Bolton and Henry Lorin Binsse, "John Singleton Copley", The Antiquarian (New York, NY, December 1930), pp. 116-118., p. 116
  • John Singleton Copley, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1938), p. 21
  • Jules David Prown, John Singleton Copley, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1966), vol. 2, pp. 377, 414, pl. 660
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 161-162, cat. 102, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Unidentified Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1808, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 01/01/1808 - 12/31/1808
  • John Singleton Copley 1737-1815, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 02/01/1938 - 03/15/1938

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