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...Crimson reported Friday morning that one of the two paintings bore a striking resemblance to Stuart’s 1816 portrait of Kirkland. The other is a 1790 portrait of a British nobleman by the American artist John Singleton Copley...
...history of the newly-resurfaced Kirkland portrait remains unknown, but, according to the University Art Museums Web site, the Copley painting came into Harvard’s hands as a bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886, who left about 4,000 objects to his alma mater as part of his will...
...mystery surrounds the Bessborough portrait as well. The University Art Museums Web site includes an entry for the work, though it does not list it as missing or stolen. But unlike 20 of the 23 other Copley paintings listed in Harvard’s collection, the University Art Museums Web site has no archived image of the Bessborough portrait...
...portrait is the work of one of colonial America’s most distinguished artists. Copley, born in Boston in 1738, had ties to the Tories who supported British rule during the time of the American Revolution. He left Massachusetts for London in 1774 and never returned to his native land. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1779—a likely explanation for the “RA” in the signature on the painting in question...
...Copley painted the Bessborough portrait after he moved from America to England and worked under a British patron. “He was a particular champion during his English phase,” said Margaretta M. Lovell, a professor of American art history and architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. She added that Copley, in his British years, adopted a painting style distinct from his American work...