Eunice Dennie Burr
1758–60
John Singleton Copley
American, 1738–1815
oil on canvas
Place made: United States
This painting is one of a pair of portraits John Singleton Copley painted of wealthy American landowner Thaddeus Burr and his wife Eunice. Eunice Burr rests her arm on a cloth covered pedestal, its softened silhouette creating a feminine backdrop for Copley's genteel sitter. Copley often incorporated birds in his paintings of women. Here, he included a green parrot, an expensive and exotic breed that only the wealthy could afford to import into colonial America.
Eunice Dennie Burr
1758–60
John Singleton Copley
American, 1738–1815
oil on canvas
Place made: United States
This painting is one of a pair of portraits John Singleton Copley painted of wealthy American landowner Thaddeus Burr and his wife Eunice. Eunice Burr rests her arm on a cloth covered pedestal, its softened silhouette creating a feminine backdrop for Copley's genteel sitter. Copley often incorporated birds in his paintings of women. Here, he included a green parrot, an expensive and exotic breed that only the wealthy could afford to import into colonial America.