Copley (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Ripley
- First Published: 1967
- Time of Work: 1748–1815
- Setting: Boston, New York, England, France, Italy, Germany, and Flanders
- Principal Characters: John Singleton Copley, Mrs. Pelham, Henry Pelham, Captain Bruce, Benjamin West, Susanna Clarke Copley, Richard Clarke, Elizabeth Copley, George III, John Copley
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Art or artists, American Revolution, Eighteenth century, London, Painting or painters, Biography, Portraits
- Locales: France, Boston, MA, New York, England, Germany, Italy, Flanders
Form and Content
Elizabeth Ripley’s Copley: A Biography is like a walk through a museum. The oversized book features thirty-six black-and-white photographs of many of Copley’s major paintings. The paintings occupy the book’s right-hand pages, with captions recording the title, date of composition, canvas size, and owner or holding museum. On the left is a running narrative of Copley’s life that is laid out to correspond with the continuing parade of paintings.
The story of Copley’s life is told in a simple and unadorned fashion. Ripley employs neither...
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