Elizabeth Ethel Copeland

{{Short description|American artist (1866–1957)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1866}}

| birth_place = Revere, Massachusetts, United States

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1957|1866}}

| death_place = Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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| field = Silversmith, enameler

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| alma_mater = Cowles Art School

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Elizabeth Ethel Copeland (1866–1957) was an American silversmith and enameler known for her silver-enameled boxes.

Copeland was born in Revere, Massachusetts in 1866.{{cite book |last1=Hirshler |first1=Erica E. |title=A studio of her own: women artists in Boston, 1870-1940 [exhibition, Museum of fine arts, Boston, August 15-December 2, 2001] |date=2001 |publisher=Museum of fine arts |location=Boston, Mass |isbn=0878464824 |page=178}} She attended Cowles Art School where she was taught by Amy Maria Sacker and Laurin Hovey Martin.{{cite web |title=Richly Wrought: A Chalice by Elizabeth Copeland {{!}} Two Red Roses Foundation |url=https://www.tworedroses.com/newsletters/newsletter08172016.html |website=Two Red Roses Foundation |access-date=3 January 2025}} At the turn of the century she came to the attention of Sarah Choate Sears, who sponsored Copeland on a trip to England where she studied enameling with Alexander Fisher (1864–1936).{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Copeland |url=https://www.velvetboxsociety.com/elizabethcopeland.html?srsltid=AfmBOorR-2j_3cjw6qQ1wbeERv2edEhH-i3Lm90jVUuAhxZYW0WrKPYL#/ |website=Velvet Box Society |access-date=3 January 2025 |language=en}}

Copeland had her own workshop on Boylston Street and earned a living as an artist.{{cite web |title=Silver Streak: Quick Bite |url=https://cjverb.com/2021/03/26/silver-streak-quick-bite/ |website=Museum Bites |access-date=3 January 2025 |language=en |date=26 March 2021}} She was elected to The Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston in 1901. She exhibited at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition.

Craig died in 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Her work is in the Art Institute of Chicago,{{cite web |title=Elizabeth E. Copeland |url=https://www.artic.edu/artists/30800/elizabeth-e-copeland |website=The Art Institute of Chicago |access-date=3 January 2025 |language=en |date=1866}} the Brooklyn Museum,{{cite web |title=Elizabeth E. Copeland – American, 1866–1957 |url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/8071/objects |website=Brooklyn Museum |access-date=3 January 2025}} the Museum of Fine Arts Boston,{{cite web |title=Box |url=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/38109 |website=Museum of Fine Arts Boston |access-date=3 January 2025 |language=en}} and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.{{cite web |title=Box |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/751576 |website=Metropolitan Museum of Art |access-date=3 January 2025}}