id: 127537
accession number: 1950.216
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A Hussar Officer on Horseback, 1812. John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815). Black and white chalk; sheet: 27.6 x 22.1 cm (10 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1950.216
title: A Hussar Officer on Horseback
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creation date: 1812
creation date earliest: 1812
creation date latest: 1812
current location:
creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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culture: America, 18th century
technique: black and white chalk
department: Drawings
collection: DR - American 18th Century
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 27.6 x 22.1 cm (10 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
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description: blue wove paper (faded)
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inscription: verso, lower left, in black chalk: Prince of Wales
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00
Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).
title: Romantic Art in Britain: Paintings and Drawings 1760-1860
opening date: 1968-01-09T05:00:00
Romantic Art in Britain: Paintings and Drawings 1760-1860. The Detroit Institute of Arts (organizer) (January 9-February 11, 1968); Philadelphia Museum of Art (March 14-April 21, 1968).
title: National Schools of Style
opening date: 1983-06-14T04:00:00
National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).
title: America Draws
opening date: 1984-12-28T05:00:00
America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).
title: American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
opening date: 1998-04-19T00:00:00
American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
title: Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2000-08-27T00:00:00
Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27-October 17, 2000); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY (May 23-August 19, 2001); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (October 14, 2001-January 6, 2002).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Exhibition of Drawings by John Singleton Copley. Harry Shaw Newman Gallery. New York, NY. (1947) 108, no. 9.', 'opening_date': '1947-01-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
The artist [1738-1815], London, England.
date: 1812-?
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John Singleton Copley, Jr., 1st Baron Lyndhurst (the artist’s son) [1772-1863], London, England.
date: ?-1863
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(The Lyndhurst Library Sale, Christie’s, London, 2/26/1864-2/27/1864, lot 670, likely sold to Edward Basil Jupp.)
date: 1864
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Edward Basil Jupp [1812-1877], London.
date: 1864-?
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Passed down through the Amory family: Martha Babcock Amory (granddaughter of the artist) [1812-1880], Boston, MA; Edward Linzee Amory (great-grandson of the artist) [1844-1911], Boston, MA; Mr. Wallace (valet to Edward Linzee Amory), Foxborough, MA. Sold to Charles D. Childs Gallery.
date: ?-probably 1950
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(Charles D. Childs Gallery, Boston, MA, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art.)
date: 1950
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
date: 1950-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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Amory, Martha Babcock. The Domestic and Artistic Life of John Singleton Copley, RA. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1882.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 270-71
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Comstock, Helen. “Exhibition of Drawings by Copley.” Panorama by Harry Shaw Newman Gallery 2, no. 9 (May 2, 1947): 100-108.
page number: Reproduced: p. 108
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Prown, Jules David. John Singleton Copley, In England 1774-1815. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1966.
page number: Mentioned: pp. xxi, 281-83, 436, no. 674
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Cummings, Frederick J., and Allen Staley. Romantic Art in Britain; Paintings and Drawings, 1760-1860. Nashville, TN: Falcon Press, 1968.
page number: Mentioned: p. 98, no. 48
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 184
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n208
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 198
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n218
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1991. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p.122
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Diane DeGrazia, and Carter E. Foster. Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 83,,p. 8, pp. 202-203, p. 295; Reproduced: p. 203
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