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Nicholas Boylston

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)
about 1769

Medium/Technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 127.32 x 101.6 cm (50 1/8 x 40 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of David P. Kimball
Accession Number23.504
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings

Provenance1771, by descent to the Boylston family, Boston; 1770s, in the possession of Joseph Green, Boylston's business partner; 1778, Moses Gill. By 1873, Moses Kimball (b. 1809 - d. 1895), Boston; 1895, by inheritance to his nephew, David P. Kimball (b. 1833 - d. 1923), Boston; 1923, bequest of David P. Kimball to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 1, 1923)