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Mrs. Joseph Mann (Bethia Torrey)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)
1753

Medium/Technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 91.44 x 71.75 cm (36 x 28 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Frederick H. Metcalf and Holbrook E. Metcalf
Accession Number43.1353
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsLower right: J.S. Copley Pinx 1753
Provenance1753, husband of the sitter, Joseph Mann; by descent to a niece of the sitter, Susannah Torrey Metcalf; 1857, by descent to her son, John George Metcalf, Mendon, Mass.; by descent to his grandson, Frederick H. Metcalf, Melrose, Mass.; 1943, gift of Frederick H. Metcalf and his son, Holbrook E. Metcalf, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1943)