Artist John Smibert, a Scottish-born painter and architect, established an early tradition of portraiture in Boston. The work of Smibert reportedly influenced the development of several American-born artists, such as John Singleton Copley (adopted son of Peter Pelham) and John Trumbull. Benjamin Colman (1673–1747) was greatly influenced by the Mathers. He advocated for a separation between Anglicans and Congregationalists, but he maintained a sympathetic and mutually supportive relationship with the Church of England.