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On Paper: Masterworks from the Addison Collection

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Artist(s): John Singleton Copley (Boston, MA, Jul 3, 1738 - Sep 9, 1815, London, England)
Title: The Battle over Patroclus's Body
Date: 1774-1775
Dimensions: 13 15/16 in. x 30 in. (35.4 cm x 76.2 cm)
Medium: black and white chalk with charcoal on paper
Credit Line: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, museum purchase, 1935.23

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Periods and Styles: Early America

Exhibition History

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Artistic Highlights of American History, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/10/1958 - 3/23/1958
Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture from American College and University C, The William Hayes Ackland Memorial Art Center, UNC-Chapel Hill, 9/20/1958 - 10/20/1958
John Singleton Copley: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, 9/18/1965 - 3/6/1966
Ideas and Notations: Masterworks on Paper from the Addison Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/10/1992 - 8/2/1992
John Singleton Copley in England, National Gallery of Art, 10/11/1995 - 4/28/1996
Addison Gallery of American Art: 65 Years, Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/13/1996 - 7/31/1996
On Paper: Masterworks from the Addison Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, 2/1/2003 - 4/6/2003
Mix and Match: A Conversation between Paintings and Works on Paper, Addison Gallery of American Art, 1/23/2007 - 4/8/2007
[Permanent Collection 201-5], Addison Gallery of American Art, 4/12/2014 - 7/31/2014
The Art of Ambition in the Colonial Northeast, Addison Gallery of American Art, 9/1/2019 - 12/15/2019

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