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Anna Dummer Powell
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Less than two months before the 80-year-old Powell passed away, one of her sons commissioned this portrait in order to commemorate her life and create an heirloom for future generations. According to the sitter’s granddaughter, Powell was “a little woman of sober conviction and strong Presbyterian faith.” The painting passed through a line of female descendants until shortly before it was given to the museum.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineAnna Dummer Powell, 1764. John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815). Oil on canvas; framed: 143.5 x 119 x 7 cm (56 1/2 x 46 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 126.6 x 100.6 cm (49 13/16 x 39 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ellery Sedgwick Jr., in memory of Mabel Cabot Sedgwick, 1980.202
