#mrs jerathmael bowers

[portrait-paintings]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers

Artist: John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)

Date: ca. 1763

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, United States

Description

Mary Sherburne (1735–1799) was the daughter of Joseph Sherburne by his marriage to Mary Watson in 1734. As her father's sole heir, she received a substantial fortune. In 1763, she married Jerathmael Bowers, a wealthy and prominent Quaker living in Swansea, Massachusetts. They had one son and three daughters. This portrait is based on a British mezzotint by James McArdell, after a portrait of Lady Caroline Russell painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1759. Copley followed this model with precision, substituting the face of the sitter for that of Lady Russell. Tradition has it that the portrait was painted about the time of the sitter's marriage in 1763. The frame of the painting is thought to be the original.

[met-american-paintings]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, American Paintings and Sculpture

Rogers Fund, 1915 Size: 49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.7 x 101 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, 1763, John Singleton Copley

Medium: oil,canvas

[the-met-art]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers by John Singleton Copley, American Paintings and Sculpture

Medium: Oil on canvas

Rogers Fund, 1915 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, 1763, John Singleton Copley

Medium: oil,canvas

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, American Paintings and Sculpture

Rogers Fund, 1915 Size: 49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.7 x 101 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, American Paintings and Sculpture

Rogers Fund, 1915 Size: 49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.7 x 101 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, American Paintings and Sculpture

Rogers Fund, 1915 Size: 49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.7 x 101 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, American Decorative Arts

Rogers Fund, 1915 Size: 49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.7 x 101 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, American Decorative Arts

Rogers Fund, 1915 Size: 49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.7 x 101 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, American Decorative Arts

Rogers Fund, 1915 Size: 49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.7 x 101 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, 1763, John Singleton Copley

Medium: oil,canvas

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, American Decorative Arts

Rogers Fund, 1915 Size: 49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.7 x 101 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, American Decorative Arts

Rogers Fund, 1915 Size: 49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.7 x 101 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, American Paintings and Sculpture

Rogers Fund, 1915 Size: 49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.7 x 101 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530

[kohn-singleton-copley]

Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, John Singleton Copley, ca. 1763, American Paintings and Sculpture

Rogers Fund, 1915 Size: 49 7/8 x 39 3/4 in. (126.7 x 101 cm) Medium: Oil on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10530