num_pages: 544
description: Through an intimate narrative of the life of painter John Singleton Copley award-winning historian Jane Kamensky reveals the world of the American Revolution rife with divided loyalties and tangled sympathies.Famed today for his portraits of patriot leaders like Samuel Adams and Paul Revere Copley is celebrated as one of Americas founding artists. But married to the daughter of a tea merchant and seeking artistic approval from abroad he could not sever his own ties with Great Britain. Rather ambition took him to London just as the war began. His view from abroad as rich and fascinating as his harrowing experiences of patriotism in Boston Copleys refusal to choose sides cost him dearly. Yet to this day his towering artistic legacy remains shared by America and Britain alike.
language: English
title: A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company