Illustration
A Boy with a Flying Squirrel, 1765, by Anglo-American painter John Singleton Copley (l. 1738-1815). The painting depicts Copley's half-brother Henry Pelham (l. 1748-1806), later a well-known engraver and cartographer, with his pet flying squirrel. Squirrels, and especially the flying squirrel, were popular pets for English colonial boys in North America in the 17th and 18th century.
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Original image by John Singleton Copley. Uploaded by Joshua J. Mark, published on 18 April 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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APA Style
Copley, J. S. (2021, April 18). A Boy with a Flying Squirrel. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13849/a-boy-with-a-flying-squirrel/
Chicago Style
Copley, John Singleton. "A Boy with a Flying Squirrel." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 18, 2021. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13849/a-boy-with-a-flying-squirrel/.
MLA Style
Copley, John Singleton. "A Boy with a Flying Squirrel." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 18 Apr 2021. Web. 22 Feb 2025.
