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Moses Gill

ca. 1759
Not on view
Moses Gill (1733-1800), a Boston hardware merchant (later governor of Massachusetts), probably commissioned this portrait of himself as a wedding gift for his wife, Sarah Prince. In 1764, Gill went to Copley again for oil portraits of himself and Sarah (both Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Moses Gill
  • Artist: John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London)
  • Date: ca. 1759
  • Geography: Made in United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Oil and gold leaf on copper
  • Dimensions: 1 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (4.1 × 2.9 cm)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Martha J. Fleischman Gift, in memory of her father, Lawrence A. Fleischman, 2006
  • Object Number: 2006.1
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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