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Alex, I must admit I have never seen the similarity between my work and Copley's. But now that you come to mention it I suppose there is the same crispness of form that you find in Copley's early works. I must admit I have always had a greater preference for the sharpness of his American portraits than the softer, painterly, and more romantic aspects of his British portraits (even though I am English myself). There is something very direct and unforgiving in his early paintings, which I think is quintessentially American (if you will pardon the stereotype) and very appealing. So anyway, thank you for excuse to ponder the connections, and perhaps more important, thank you for the compliment.
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