Artwork Details 

Title: Head Of A Negro
Dated: 1777/1778
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 21 x 16 1/4 in. (53.3 x 41.3 cm) Framed: 27 3/4 x 23 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Location: Detroit Institute of Arts
City, State: Detroit, MI
Provenance:
John Singleton Copley Mrs. John Singleton Copley Lord Lyndhurst, (John Singleton Copley, Jr.,their son), London Lyndhurst Sale, Christie's, London, March 5, 1864, lot 69. Issac J. W. Burnett, Rock Hall, Alnwick, Northumberland, England J. W. Burnett Sale, Christie's, London, May 23-24, 1928, lot 217. Mann Mann Sale, Christie's, London, February 24, 1951, lot 102. M. Knoedler Co., New York, 1951 DIA in 1952.