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<p>Admiral Peter Rainier, head-and-shoulders portrait
</p><p>The museum owner as of September 2021, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://collections.mfa.org/objects/31255/admiral-peter-rainier;jsessionid=394A449E8FF52422356E3EFDC3CF54F5?ctx=1ad69d25-cb4d-44ab-a2dc-7712a2bab33a&amp;idx=0">maintains that portrait is by</a>:<br>
Unidentified artist, British, 18th century or first quarter 19th century<br>
Formerly attributed to: John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)<br>
Formerly attributed to: Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)<br>
Formerly attributed to: Mather Brown (American, 1761–1831)
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This particular record when acquired by the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016817086/">LOC</a> from  Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912) was attributed to Copley.</div>
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Unknown author<span style="display: none;">Unknown author</span></div>
18<sup>th</sup> century <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7</div>
The Library of Congress Prints &amp; Photographs Online Catalog; <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html">https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html</a>