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Thomas Sully

The Vanderkemp Children, 1832

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 70.9 x 90.5 cm (27 15/16 x 35 5/8 in.)

framed: 99.1 x 119.4 x 6.4 cm (39 x 47 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Countess Mona Bismarck

Accession Number

1966.11.1

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

lower center on portfolio: TS (in monogram) 1832

Provenance

(Ehrich Galleries, New York), at least 1920-1921. Countess Mona Bismarck, Paris;[1] gift 1966 to NGA.

[1] The painting is listed as owned by the Ehrich Gallery in Biddle and Fielding 1921. A label on the stretcher includes the line "Owner: Mrs. B. M. Liddell," but she has not been identified. The donor of the painting provided no provenance information.

Associated Names

Bismarck, Mona, Countess
Ehrich Galleries

Exhibition History

1832: Twenty-First Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1832, no. 95, as Portraits of a Gentleman's Three Children (grouped).

1920: Paintings by Thomas Sully, Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1920, unnumbered, as Pauline, Bertha and John Vanderkemp.

1968: Springfield Art Festival, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri, 1968, no cat.

1970: Two Centuries of American Portraits, University of Kentucky Art Gallery, Lexington; Paducah Art Gallery, Kentucky; J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, 1970, no cat.

1973: Thomas Sully 1783-1872, Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, 1973, no. 12.

1976: Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1976-1981.

1983: Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter: The Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872), National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1983, no. 49.

1985: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Faith Whittlesey, U.S. Embassy residence, Bern, Switzerland, 1985-1988.

1988: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Philip D. Winn, U.S. Embassy residence, Bern, Switzerland, 1988-1990.

1993: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Swanee Hunt, U.S. Embassy residence, Vienna, Austria, 1993-1997.

1999: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Gerald S. McGowan, U.S. Embassy residence, Lisbon, Portugal, 1999-2001 (unnumbered brochure, repro.).

2005: Extended loan for use by Secretary Margaret Spellings, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C., 2005-2008.

Bibliography

1909: Hart 1909, no. 1734, 168.

1921: Biddle, Edward, and Mantle Fielding. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Philadelphia, 1921: no. 1838, 302.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 114, repro.

1973: Flynn, Elizabeth L. Thomas Sully, 1783-1872. Exh. cat. Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, 1973: 20, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 245, repro.

1983: Fabian, Monroe H. Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter: The Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1983: no. 49, 90, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 363, 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: 175-178, color repro.