Susanne Copley (1745-1836)

You are the daughter of a merchant and wife to the most successful portrait painter in America. You live happily with your husband on Beacon Hill where you raise 6 children. Your husband uses your face in a painting of the Goddess of Beauty. You entertain the most prominent Bostonians as they visit your husband's studio. Your father owns much of the Tea destroyed at the Boston Tea Party, which ruins his business. Your family become labeled Loyalist and forced to abandon life in Boston and flee to London.