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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
1909Hart 1909, no. 1606, 157.
1921Biddle, Edward, and Mantle Fielding. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Philadelphia, 1921: no. 1646.
1922Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition of Portraits by Thomas Sully. Exh. cat. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1922: no. 155, 108.
1970American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 112, repro.
1980La pintura de los Estados Unidas de museos de la ciudad de Washington. Exh. cat. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1980: 52, pl. 6.
1980Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 13, 54, repro.
1980American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 244, repro.
1981Williams 1981, 87, color repro. 101.
1983Brown, Milton W. One Hundred Masterpieces of American Painting from Public Collections in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., 1983: 50, pl. 51.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 390, no. 558, color repro.
1988Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington (rev. ed.), 1988: 62, repro.
1992American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 359, repro.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 223, repro.
1998Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 139-143, color repro.

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