# Sketch for The Copley Family

- By: John Singleton Copley (American, 1738 - 1815)
- Date: 1776
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall (oval): 39.5 x 34 cm (15 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.) ; framed: 60 x 54.3 x 5.7 cm (23 5/8 x 21 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Gift of Richard T. York, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.73435.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/5eb45d68-2a8c-4e86-be2e-82ae022c3cd7/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)