John Singleton Copley (1738-1815)

Portrait of Mrs. John Stevens (Judith Sargent Murray)
1770-72
Oil on canvas
50 x 40 inches

Photograph courtesy of the Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Acquisition Endowment Fund, Chicago, Illinois.


Succession of Owners
(determined by Bonnie Hurd Smith, August 2005)

1. Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820)
(William Stevens home, Gloucester; Stevens/Murray home, Gloucester; Franklin Place, Boston)

2. Sarah "Sally" Sargent Ellery Sargent (Judith's niece) and Ignatius Sargent (1765-1821)
(Franklin Place, Boston)

3. Ignatius Sargent Jr. (1800-84)
(Franklin Place, Boston; Holm Lea, Brookline, Mass.)

4. Charles Sprague Sargent (1841-1927)
(Holm Lea)

5. Charles Sprague Sargent Jr. (1881-1959)
(?, New York; Park Avenue, New York)

6. John Turner Sargent
(Beekman Place, New York)

7. Terra Foundation for American Art
(The Art Institute of Chicago, 2006)