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George Green

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)
about 1768–69

Medium/Technique Oil on copper
Dimensions 8.25 x 6.35 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Emily L. Ainsley Fund
Accession Number49.81
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMiniatures

ProvenanceAbout 1769, the sitter's wife, Katharine Aspinwall Green (1745-1776), Brookline, Mass.; 1776, descended via her brother through the Aspinwall family to Miss Mary Rozel Trull (born 1875); by descent to her cousin, Philip C. Aspinwall, Southboro, Mass.; 1949, with Charles D. Childs, Boston; 1949, sold by Charles D. Childs to the MFA for $1,750. (Accession Date: March 10, 1949)