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The
World
of
Copley
1738-1815-
by Alfred Frankenstein
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the Editors of Time-Life Books
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Time-Life Books, York
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iclsdir Henry R Lucel898-1967
Editor-m-Cbiej fiedleyDonovan
About the Author
ChairmanoftheBoard Andrew Haskell
President James R Shepley \graduateoftheLniversit) ot(Imago.Mired Frankensteinhasbeenacriticand
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PlanningDirector OliverI Mien The Consulting Editor
TextDirector MartinMann
ArtDirector SheldonCoder 11 \\ janson is Professorol Iine \rtsat New 1ork Universit).«hereheisalso
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DirectorofPhotography Melvm 1, Scon man) publicationsareHistoryofAnandTheSculptureofDonatella
Assistant TextDirectors DianaHirsh.OgdenTanner
AssistantAnDirector ArnoldC Holeywell The Consultant for This Book
ri mISHERJoanD.Manlev PhilipC BeamistheChairmanoftheDepartmentofArtand ProfessorofArchaeology
General.Manager John D McSweene) atBowdoinCollege for2;\ears Dr BeamwasDirectoroftheBowdoinCollege-
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EvelynConstable.DavidHarrison.
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PIrDlodruOcRtliAoInPERdOiDtIor(TDIoOuNglasB Graham EliotEhsofon.EditorialProduction.NormanAirev.NicholasCostinojr.Library. Beniamin
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CopyStaff RosalindSoibenberg(chief).PatriciaMiller. © 1970TimeIne Allrightsreserved.
FlorenceKeith Publishedsimultaneously-inCanada. Reprinted 1973.
PictureDepartment DoloresA Littles LibraryofCongresscataloguecardnumber74-113381.
ElizabethA Dagenhardt SchoolandlibrarydistributionbySilverBurdenCompany.Momstown.NessJersey-
Contents
Man of Two Worlds 7
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II Growing Up in Boston 37
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III Transatlantic Triumph 59
IV Patriots and Painters 89
V
The Pennsylvania Prodigy 113
VI Rivalry in London 13 3
VII The New Generation 161
Chronolotrv of Artists: 184
Bibliography: 185
Credits and Acknowledgments: 186
Index: 187
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