Mrs Humphrey Devereux

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Mrs Humphrey Devereux

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Te Papa Collections Online

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Text originally created for Tūrangawaewae: Art and New Zealand exhibition at Te Papa, March 2018. A mother in her early old age, painted for a faraway son. In 1770, John Greenwood wrote from London to his childhood friend, the famous Boston artist John S Copley, to commission a portrait of his mother: ‘I am very desirous of seeing the good lady’s face as she now appears, with old age creeping upon her.’ Greenwood never did see his mother again – but the cherished memento later voyaged with h...

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Date created

1771

Creator

John Copley

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/41241

Related subjects

Women / Portraits / Mothers / Bonnets / Dresses / Tables / oil paint / canvas / oil paintings / portraits / Neoclassical / Boston / Elizabeth Greenwood

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