Moses Gill, ca. 1759, Made in United States, Oil and gold leaf on copper, 1 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (4.1 × 2.9 cm), Paintings, John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London), The affluent Boston hardware merchant Moses Gill (1733–1800) commissioned this exquisite miniature from colonial America's finest painter as a wedding gift for his wife, Sarah Prince, in about 1759. It is one of only six miniatures John Singleton Copley is known to have painted in oil on copper
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Moses Gill, ca, 1759, United States, Oil, gold leaf, copper, 1 5/8, 1/8, 4.1, 2.9 cm, Paintings, John Singleton Copley, American, Boston, Massachusetts, 1738–1815, London, affluent, hardware, merchant, Moses, Gill, 1733–1800, commissioned, exquisite miniature, colonial America, finest painter, wedding gift, wife, Sarah Prince, six miniatures, John, Singleton, Copley, painted, oil
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