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Summary Of Portrait Of Paul Revere By John Singleton Copley

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“Portrait of Paul Revere”, by John Singleton Copley is an oil on canvas portrait that was finished around 1768. John Singleton Copley was a painter famous for his portraiture of important figures in New England during colonial times. During this time, portraiture was more considered as a practical trade than fine art and a portrait’s success depended on its likeness to the person portrayed. John Singleton Copley had extraordinary talent for recording the physical characteristics his subjects and was well-renowned for becoming the first American artist to achieve success. Much of his work depicted middle-class subjects and depicted artifacts that relate to these individuals’ lives. In “Portrait of Paul Revere,” we can see the craftsmen’s tools
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