Peter Boylston Adams?, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Peter Boylston Adams?

This miniature is thought to show Peter Boylston Adams, who was born in Norfolk, Massachusetts, in 1738. Peter was the brother of the second president of the United States, John Adams, and a captain in the Revolutionary War. He married Mary Crosby in 1768, and this miniature may have been painted to commemorate their wedding

John Singleton Copley

Creation Date: ca. 1765-1770
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on copper

Dimensions: image (oval): 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. (7.8 x 6.2 cm)

Object #: 38334
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Elizabeth Spencer

Partner URL: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=38334
Linked Data URI: saam:object/id/1999.27.7
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