Photography by Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Daniel Rogers

Artist John Singleton Copley (1738 - 1815)

Date1767

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions50 x 40 1/2 in. (127 x 102.9 cm)
Framed: 57 in. × 47 3/8 in. × 2 1/2 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.75

Signedl.r., in black paint: JSC 1767.

Accession number 2010.75

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ProvenanceMorrill Wyman [1812-1903], Cambridge, MA, by 1873; by descent in the family until 1917; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1917; to (Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY), 1980; purchased by Alex and Marie Manoogian Foundation, Taylor, MI, ca. 1980; purchased by a private foundation for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2004
Label TextDaniel Rogers was a prominent businessman from Gloucester, Massachusetts. As a colonial merchant, Rogers strained under the aggressive British tax increases and trade laws. Copley sympathized with merchants like Rogers and the plight of the colonies under British rule. Copley associated with the Sons of Liberty and Colonial-Era patriots such as John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere.

Daniel Rogers fue un destacado empresario de Gloucester, Massachusetts. Como comerciante de las colonias, Rogers padeció las presiones de los agresivos aumentos en los impuestos y las leyes de comercio que imponía Gran Bretaña. Copley simpatizaba con los comerciantes como Rogers y la difícil situación de las colonias bajo dominio británico. Copley se relacionó con los Hijos de la Libertad y los patriotas de la época colonial, como John Hancock, Samuel Adams y Paul Revere.