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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of Captain Charles Stewart
Thomas Sully (artist)
American, 1783 - 1872
Captain Charles Stewart, 1811-1812
oil on canvas
Overall: 237 x 149.2 cm (93 5/16 x 58 3/4 in.) framed: 266.4 x 178.4 x 11.4 cm (104 7/8 x 70 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Gift of Maude Monell Vetlesen
1947.4.1
From the Tour: American Portraits of the Late 1700s and Early 1800s
Object 5 of 8

Exhibition History

1812
Second Annual Exhibition of The Society of Artists of the United States and the Pennsylvania Academy, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1812, no. 31.
1816
Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts..., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1816, no. 101.
1922
Memorial Exhibition of Portraits by Thomas Sully, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1922, no. 155.
1924
Loan to display with permanent collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1924-at least 1932.
1948
Your Navy: Its Contribution to America From Colonial Days to World Leadership, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1948, unnumbered checklist.
1980
La Pintura de Los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Ciudad de Washington, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1980-1981, no. 6, color repro.
1987
Federal Philadelphia 1785-1825: The Athens of the Western World, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1987, no. 223.

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