# Eleazer Tyng, in John Singleton Copley

John Singleton Copley painted this in 1772, aged 34. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> Eleazer Tyng, a prosperous Massachusetts landowner in old age, sits in a green wooden chair with his hands stacked on its arm, looking at us with heavy-lidded eyes and a hint of a wry smile.

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## The work

- Date: 1772
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 126.5 x 100.2 cm (49 13/16 x 39 7/16 in.) framed: 149.5 x 125.1 cm (58 7/8 x 49 1/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965.6.1
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[John Singleton Copley](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-singleton-copley), American, 1738–1815

Copley was largely self-taught and became colonial America’s finest portraitist, painting Boston merchants and their families with sharp, tactile realism, from glinting silver to polished mahogany.

5 works in the collection.

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