File:JohnWinthropAstronomer.jpg

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Summary

John Singleton Copley: portrait of Harvard College president and astronomy professor John Winthrop.

Artist



Description	American artist and painter
Date of birth/death	3 July 1738	9 September 1815
Location of birth/death	Boston (Massachusetts)	London
Work location	Boston, London
Authority file	: Q316016 VIAF: 66552740 ISNI: 0000000081460578 ULAN: 500009177 LCCN: n50017577 NLA: 35031085 WorldCat

Title

portrait of Harvard College president and astronomy professor John Winthrop.

Object type

painting

Description

John Singleton Copley portrait of Harvard College president and astronomy professor John Winthrop.

Date

circa 1773

Medium

oil on canvas

Collection

Harvard University Portrait Collection

Source/Photographer

https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/299882

Licensing

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:27, 25 February 2018		813 × 1,024 (87 KB)	Gamaliel	Higher quality image from museum website
	14:50, 24 February 2012		258 × 241 (92 KB)	Magicpiano	{{Information \|Description=Portrait of Harvard College president and astronomy professor w:John Winthrop (educator). \|Source=Harvard Science Department: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/chsi.html (provenance from here: http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/...