Thomas Amory II

Provenance

Thomas Amory II [1722-1784], Boston; his son, Jonathan Amory [1770-1828], Boston; his son, Thomas C. Amory [1812-1889], Boston; his nephew, Arthur Amory [1841-1911], Boston; his son, Ingersoll Amory [1869-1921], Boston [on deposit with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1912-1922]; transferred 1922 to his niece, Elizabeth Amory Bartlett [Mrs. John McAndrew, 1910-1986], Boston [on deposit with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1922-1940]; her cousin, Robert Amory II [1915-1989], Washington [on deposit with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966-1981, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine, 1981-1986]; with (Hirsch and Adler Galleries, New York), from 1986; sold 14 September 1989 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Thomas Amory II

Copley, John Singleton

c. 1770-1772

Accession Number

2014.79.14

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 126.2 × 101 cm (49 11/16 × 39 3/4 in.) | framed: 150.8 × 124.5 × 10.2 cm (59 3/8 × 49 × 4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through the gifts of William Wilson Corcoran)