  About the Artwork
  
  
  This painting was most likely executed as a wedding portrait to commemorate the marriage of Hannah Loring to the prosperous merchant Joshua Winslow. Miss Loring, a member of a wealthy Boston family, and her husband were loyal to the British king. (They were among the group whose tea ended up in Boston Harbor.) By 1775 she was widowed and was forced to flee Boston with her family when the British withdrew from the city. Unable to return, her property having been confiscated, she spent the remainder of her life in Canada, where she was forced to live under greatly reduced circumstances.
  
  
  Title
  Hannah Loring
  
  
  Artwork Date
  1763
  
  Artist
  John Singleton Copley
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1738-1815
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events.
  Some definitions include:
  Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation.
  
  
  
  American
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group.
  
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Oil on canvas
  
  
  Dimensions
  Unframed: 49 3/4 × 39 1/4 inches (126.4 × 99.7 cm)
  Framed: 58 1/4 × 49 1/4 × 4 inches (148 × 125.1 × 10.2 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Paintings
  
  
  Department
  American Art before 1950
  
  
  Credit
  Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford in memory of Robert H. Tannahill
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  70.900
  
  
  Copyright
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