John Singleton Copley receipt
name: label: Creator
content: Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815
label: Names
content: Boydell, William
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: Painting, English
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1958 by Charles Feinberg.
creator: label: Creator
content: Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portrait and historical painter; Boston, Mass. and London, England.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((on 1 microfilm frame))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1782 Aug. 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.copljsre
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D8; frame 487 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Signed receipt for Mr. Boydell acknowledging "one hundred & sixty four pounds five shillings being the remainder of Eight hundred pounds and in full for Painting a Picture of the Death of Major Pearson [sic]." Copley later bought back the painting. "Death of Major Pierson" now hangs in the National Gallery, London.