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John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail05.jpg)
John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail05.jpg)
John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1943_xrs_detail01.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1943_xrs_detail01.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1988_xrs_detail02.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1988_xrs_detail02.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1988_xrs_detail03.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1988_xrs_detail03.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail13.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail13.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail14.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail14.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail15.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail15.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail16.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail16.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail17.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail17.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail18.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail18.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail19.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail19.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail20.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail20.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail21.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail21.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail22.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_1995_xrs_detail22.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail04.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail04.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail05.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail05.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail06.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail06.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail07.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail07.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail08.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail08.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail09.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail09.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail10.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail10.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail11.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail11.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail12.jpg)

John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail12.jpg)

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Portrait of John Lane

John Singleton Copley

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ARTIST John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815
MEDIUM Oil on canvas
DATES ca. 1770
DIMENSIONS 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Unsigned
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 32.1605
CREDIT LINE Museum Collection Fund
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CAPTION John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). Portrait of John Lane, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail05.jpg)
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John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815). <em>Portrait of John Lane</em>, ca. 1770. Oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 39 1/2 in. (126 x 100.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 32.1605 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.32.1605_xrs_detail05.jpg)

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