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Thomas Sully

Henry Pratt, 1815

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 91.8 x 73.5 cm (36 1/8 x 28 15/16 in.)

framed: 118.1 x 99.7 cm (46 1/2 x 39 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Clarence Van Dyke Tiers

Accession Number

1942.13.1

Artists / Makers

Thomas Sully (artist) American, born England, 1783 - 1872

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Provenance

The sitter's granddaughter, Maria Fennell [c. 1800-1880], Philadelphia; her niece, Rosalie Vallance Tiers Jackson [Mrs. Charles P. Jackson, 1852-1944], Jupiter, Florida;[1] given 1915 to her nephew, Clarence Van Dyke Tiers [1869-1959], Oakmont, Pennsylvania, and Daytona Beach, Florida; gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] Rosalie Valence Tiers Jackson was the great-granddaughter of the artist Matthew Pratt. His daughter Mary (Mrs. William Fennell, 1771-1849) had three daughters, Maria and Susan, who never married, and Anna Matilda (1809-1854), who married Arundius Tiers II (b. 1795) in 1828 and had at least two children by him, Rosalie and LaRue. Rosalie married Charles P. Jackson, and in addition to this painting, she inherited from her aunt Maria Fennell two of Pratt's paintings which she also gave to the NGA (1942.13.2 and 1944.17.1). Maria Fennell's will, dated September 4, 1879 (Philadelphia, Register of Wills, W476-1880), left most of her estate to Rosalie Tiers. She provided that her niece inherit "my share of the pictures and household furniture, which I own jointly with my sister Susan Fennell." None of the paintings is mentioned specifically.

Associated Names

Fennell, Maria
Tiers, Clarence Van Dyke, Mr.
Tiers, Rosalie Valence

Exhibition History

1887: Loan Exhibition of Historical Portraits, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, no. 350.

1943: American Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1943.

1954: [Exhibition], Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1954.

1955: Famous Americans, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1955, no cat.

1973: Thomas Sully 1783-1872, Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, 1973, no. 6.

1974: Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, East Berlin, East Germany, 1974-1977.

1974: Selected American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, University Center Gallery, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1974, no cat.

1986: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Ronald Lauder, U.S. Embassy residence, Vienna, Austria, 1986-1987.

1987: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Henry Anatole Grunwald, U.S. Embassy residence, Vienna, Austria, 1987-1990.

1991: Extended loan for use by Justice Anthony Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1991-2008.

Bibliography

1909: Hart 1909, no. 1363, 136.

1921: Biddle, Edward, and Mantle Fielding. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Philadelphia, 1921: no. 1425, 254.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 112, repro.

1973: Flynn, Elizabeth L. Thomas Sully, 1783-1872. Exh. cat. Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, 1973: 14, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 243, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 360, repro.

1998: Torchia, 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: 148-150, color repro.