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Ann Tyng (Mrs. Thomas Smelt)
John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)
1756
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
127.32 x 102.55 cm (50 1/8 x 40 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection
Accession Number39.646
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower left: J:S: Copley pinx 1756
Provenance1756, the Tyng family; by descent to Elizabeth Ross (Mrs. William) Tyng, Gorham, Me.; by descent to her niece and adopted daughter, Elizabeth Heddle (Mrs. Timothy) Hilliard (1773-1837); 1837, by descent to her son, William Tyng Hilliard (1806-1881); 1881, by descent to his daughter, Mrs. H. S. Harlow; before 1915, by descent to her daughter, Mabel Harlow, Boston. About 1916, Hannah Marcy Edwards and Grace M. Edwards (died 1938), Boston; 1939, bequest of Grace M. Edwards to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 1939)