526 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The provincial eye -- A dazzling of scarlet -- The imperial eye -- A son of British liberty -- The marriage plot -- The tyranny of liberty -- Luxury in seeing -- The American war -- Waging peace -- Daughters and sons -- Betsy Copley's smile.
Summary
Examines the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of Boston-born painter John Singleton Copley, a Loyalist who painted America's revolution as Britain's American war.
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