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Key facts
- accession date
- 1916-01-10T00:00:00
- accession number
- 1915.534
- artists tags
- male
- athena id
- 94979
- collapse artists
- false
- collection
- American - Painting
- creation date
- c. 1765
- creation date earliest
- 1760
- creation date latest
- 1770
- creditline
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- culture
- America
- current location
- 204 Colonial American
- date text
- c. 1765
- department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- description
- Hurd was a prominent silversmith and engraver in Boston, and the warm gaze and unforced smile in his portrait by Copley suggest the friendship between the two artists. Hurd's open-collared shirt, as well as the rakishly tilted turban that covers his shaved head in place of a ceremonial powdered wig, create an air of informality that is unusual for a portrait of this time.
- did you know
- The artist Copley’s in-laws were consignees for the cargo dumped during the Boston Tea Party.
- former accession numbers
- 350.1915
- gallery donor text
- Leigh and Mary Carter Gallery
- has conservation images
- false
- id
- 94979
- is highlight
- false
- is nazi era provenance
- false
- legal status
- accessioned
- measurements
- Framed: 90.5 x 78 x 6.5 cm (35 5/8 x 30 11/16 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 76.2 x 64.8 cm (30 x 25 1/2 in.)
- on loan
- false
- recently acquired
- false
- record type
- object
- share license status
- CC0
- sortable date
- 1760
- technique
- oil on canvas
- title
- Nathaniel Hurd
- tombstone
- Nathaniel Hurd, c. 1765. John Singleton Copley (American, born The Thirteen Colonies, 1738–1815). Oil on canvas; framed: 90.5 x 78 x 6.5 cm (35 5/8 x 30 11/16 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 76.2 x 64.8 cm (30 x 25 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1915.534
- type
- Painting
- updated at
- 2026-07-21 11:12:34.498000
- url
- https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.534