Artworks · John Singleton Copley

A Hussar Officer on Horseback

1812 · black and white chalk

Sheet: 27.6 x 22.1 cm (10 7/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sailors Maneuvering a Cannon, Possibly a Study for "The Death of Sir John More at Corunna"

1807 · Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper

11 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (29.8 x 37.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Prince Regent as a Hussar

1804 · black chalk heightened with white and squared in red on blue paper

sheet: 35.1 × 51.3 cm (13 13/16 × 20 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Baron Graham

1804 · oil on canvas

overall: 144.8 x 118.8 cm (57 x 46 3/4 in.) framed: 174 x 145.1 x 12.4 cm (68 1/2 x 57 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch

1800 · oil on canvas

overall: 257.8 x 340.4 cm (101 1/2 x 134 in.) framed: 283.9 x 365.8 x 11.1 cm (111 3/4 x 144 x 4 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "The Knatchbull Family": Sir Edward Knatchbull

1800 · Black chalk, white-chalk heightening, and graphite on dark blue laid paper

13 13/16 x 11 3/16 in. (35.1 x 28.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Equestrian Figures, Possibly a Study for "George IV, Prince of Wales"

1800 · Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue wove paper

11 9/16 x 18 1/8 in. (29.4 x 46 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Knatchbull Family": Norton Joseph Knatchbull

1800 · Black chalk, white-chalk heightening, and graphite on dark blue laid paper

13 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (35.2 x 28.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Two Studies of a Man with a Sail or Flag

1798 · Black and red chalk, white-chalk heightening, and graphite on blue laid paper

11 3/8 x 14 7/16 in. (28.9 x 36.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Three Figures Raising the Colors

1798 · Black and red chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper

12 7/16 x 9 in. (31.6 x 22.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Admiral De Winter Raising the Colors

1798 · Black chalk, white-chalk heightening, and gouche on blue laid paper

13 x 18 1/2 in. (33 x 47 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Lord Admiral Duncan

1798 · Black and red chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper

12 3/16 x 6 3/4 in. (31 x 17.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Red Cross Knight

1793 · oil on canvas

overall: 213.5 x 273 cm (84 1/16 x 107 1/2 in.) framed: 345.4 x 285.4 x 11.4 cm (136 x 112 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Officer in Four Poses

1785 · Black chalk on blue laid paper

14 5/16 x 22 13/16 in. (36.4 x 57.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figures Scaling Floating Battery; Cannon

1785 · Black and red chalk on blue laid paper

17 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (44.5 x 33.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figures Astride Spar

1785 · Black and red chalk and white-chalk heightening on dark blue laid paper

22 5/8 x 18 3/8 in. (57.5 x 46.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": The Wrecked Longboat

1785 · Pen and brown ink and black chalk on off-white laid paper

10 5/8 x 20 11/16 in. (27 x 52.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figure Reaching; Sprawling Figures; Cheering Group; Dying Sailors

1785 · Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on light blue laid paper

14 5/8 x 23 in. (37.1 x 58.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Three Officers, Two Standing and One Kneeling

1785 · Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper

14 5/16 x 22 5/8 in. (36.4 x 57.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Figure Astride Cannon Pulling Down Spanish Colors

1785 · Black chalk, white-chalk heightening, and graphite on blue laid paper

14 x 8 1/4 in. (35.6 x 21 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Three Figures

1785 · Black and red chalk on blue laid paper

14 3/8 x 23 in. (36.5 x 58.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Sprawling Figures

1785 · Black chalk on off-white laid paper

10 5/8 x 20 11/16 in. (27 x 52.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drapery Study; Two Figures Pulling a Pole

1785 · black chalk heightened with white chalk

Sheet: 35.5 x 56.7 cm (14 x 22 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sketch for "Siege of Gibraltar"

1785 · Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper

32.9 × 25.2 cm (13 × 9 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"

1783 · graphite with white chalk on blue-gray laid paper

sheet: 36.51 × 56.83 cm (14 3/8 × 22 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"

1783 · pen and brown ink with graphite on laid paper

sheet: 20.64 × 32.86 cm (8 1/8 × 12 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for ‘The Death of Major Peirson’

1783 · Graphite and chalk on paper

support: 356 x 575 mm

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The Siege and Relief of Gibraltar, 13 September 1782; ?replica

1783 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1346 x 1899 mm

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The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January 1781

1783 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 2515 x 3658 mm frame: 2790 x 3920 x 160 mm

Tate

Study for "John Adams"

1783 · Black chalk, white-chalk heightening, and graphite on blue laid paper

18 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. (47.9 x 36.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Group of Dying French Officers

1782 · Black chalk on light blue laid paper

14 3/16 x 23 in. (36 x 58.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Two Dead Figures

1782 · Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on light blue laid paper

14 3/16 x 23 in. (36 x 58.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Midshipman Augustus Brine

1782 · Oil on canvas

50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "Elkanah Watson"

1782 · Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper

12 1/8 x 19 3/4 in. (30.8 x 50.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Tribute Money"

1782 · Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper

12 1/8 x 19 3/4 in. (30.8 x 50.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for "The Death of the Earl of Chatham"

1779 · graphite and white chalk on discolored blue paper

sheet: 30.7 × 49.5 cm (12 1/16 × 19 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Death of the Earl of Chatham

1779 · oil on canvas

overall: 52.7 x 64.2 cm (20 3/4 x 25 1/4 in.) framed: 79.7 x 91.6 x 6.7 cm (31 3/8 x 36 1/16 x 2 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for ‘The Collapse of the Earl of Chatham’

1779 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 714 x 1045 mm

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Study for ‘The Collapse of the Earl of Chatham’

1779 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 635 x 768 mm frame: 460 x 840 x 110 mm

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The Collapse of the Earl of Chatham in the House of Lords, 7 July 1778

1779 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 2286 x 3073 mm

Tate

Study for "The Death of the Earl of Chatham"

1779 · Black chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper

18 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. (47.9 x 36.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Watson and the Shark

1778 · oil on canvas

overall: 182.1 x 229.7 cm (71 11/16 x 90 7/16 in.) framed: 241.3 x 264.2 x 10.1 cm (95 x 104 x 4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of William Murray, Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793)

1778 · charcoal heightened with white

Cleveland Museum of Art

Robert Hyde, Squire of Hyde

1778 · Oil on canvas

75.6 × 62.9 cm (29 3/4 × 24 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketch for The Copley Family

1776 · oil on canvas

overall (oval): 39.5 x 34 cm (15 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.) framed: 60 x 54.3 x 5.7 cm (23 5/8 x 21 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Gentleman

1776 · graphite and white chalk on gray-washed laid paper, squared with graphite

support: 48.4 × 32.4 cm (19 1/16 × 12 3/4 in.) sheet: 42.2 × 27.3 cm (16 5/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Copley Family

1776 · oil on canvas

overall: 184.1 x 229.2 cm (72 1/2 x 90 1/4 in.) framed: 226.1 x 271.8 x 13.9 cm (89 x 107 x 5 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Watson and the Shark

1775 · Oil on canvas

24 7/8 x 30 1/8 in. (63.2 x 76.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art