Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00001022Robert Hyde, Squire of Hyde
Inscriptions
signed, lower left: "J S Copley Pinx / 1778"
Provenance
By descent through the family of Robert Hyde, 1778-1934. E. and A. Silberman, New York, 1940-1943; sold to the Friends of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, 1943; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1943.
Exhibition history
Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Painting of the Month, Jul, 1940, no cat. as Portrait of Robert Hyde, Esquire. Michigan, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Six Centuries of Painting, Mar. 6–22, 1941; Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts, Feb. 7–27, 1941, (possibly Muskegon, Hackley Art Gallery), no cat., as Portrait of Robert Hyde, Esq., of Hyde. Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Loan Exhibition of Masterpieces of Painting, Feb. 5–Mar. 8, 1942, cat. 89, as Portrait of Robert Hyde Esquire, of Hyde. Chicago, Antique Galleries at Marshall Field & Co., Sept. 9–Nov. 7, 1949, no cat. Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, John Singleton Copley, Sept. 18–Oct. 31, 1965; Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nov. 20, 1965–Jan. 2, 1966; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Jan. 22–Mar. 6, 1966, cat. 65.
Publications
The Art News, 38, 34 (1940) ill. p. 67.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)
- Date
- 1778
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 75.6 × 62.9 cm (29 3/4 × 24 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- painting
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Friends of American Art Collection
- Accession no.
- 1943.1002
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