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John Singleton Copley Statue
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what is it
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The statue honors a Boston portrait painter.
find it
go to Dartmouth Street and Boylston Street
get there
take the mbta to Copley Square
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• Inscription •
John Singleton Copley
1738-1815
Boston and London
American Portrait Painter
Member Royal Academy of Art
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