Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch

Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch

John Singleton Copley
1800. Oil on canvas. 257.8 x 340.4 cm. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C..
A monumental group portrait painted as a posthumous tribute to British officer Colonel William Fitch, who was killed in action in Jamaica in 1795. Commissioned by his sisters, Sarah and Ann, the composition places the officer in his red uniform beside his horse, flanked by his sisters in contrasting white and black gowns. Set against an expansive landscape, the work honors family devotion, heroism, and memory.

(source: nga.gov)

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