1958-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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John Singleton Copley, Elizabeth Pitts, ca. 1764, pastel on paper, mounted on wood panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 58.359.