Thomas Sully

American, born England, 1783 - 1872

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American painter (1783-1872)

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Thomas Sully, John Philip Kemble, 1867, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1947.17.111

John Philip Kemble

Thomas Sully · 1867 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.111

Thomas Sully, Self-Portrait, 1850, oil on canvas, Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran), 2015.19.112

Self-Portrait

Thomas Sully · 1850 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2015.19.112

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Andrew Jackson

Thomas Sully · 1845 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.79.33

The head and shoulders of a man with light skin and gray hair nearly fills this vertical portrait painting. Shown against a peanut-brown background, the man’s shoulders are angled to our left, and he looks off to our right with blue eyes. His gray hair curls around his forehead and over his ears. His bushy gray eyebrows gather over a furrowed brow, and sideburns grow down past his earlobes. His long, straight, slightly hooked nose and high cheekbones are set into his long, oval-shaped face. His pink lips are closed over a rounded chin, which is framed by vertical wrinkles. The white edge of a collar peeks above the high neck of a velvety black garment with wide lapels. The area beneath the man’s shoulders is a dark ivory color, perhaps indicating that this painting is unfinished.
Thomas Sully, Andrew Jackson, 1845, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1942.8.34

Andrew Jackson

Thomas Sully · 1845 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1942.8.34

Thomas Sully, The Coleman Sisters, 1844, oil on canvas, Gift of William C. Freeman, 1947.9.3

The Coleman Sisters

Thomas Sully · 1844 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.9.3

Thomas Sully, Study for "The Great Seal of the State of Delaware", c. 1847, watercolor with pen and black ink on laid paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Ruth Sully Curtis), 2015.19.1571

Study for "The Great Seal of the State of Delaware"

Thomas Sully · c. 1847 · watercolor with pen and black ink on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.1571

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Andrew Jackson

Thomas Sully · c. 1845 · oil on paperboard ·  Accession ID  2015.19.190

Thomas Sully, Ann Biddle Hopkinson (Mrs. Francis Hopkinson), 1834, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1942.8.32

Ann Biddle Hopkinson (Mrs. Francis Hopkinson)

Thomas Sully · 1834 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1942.8.32

Thomas Sully, Francis Hopkinson, 1834, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1942.8.33

Francis Hopkinson

Thomas Sully · 1834 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1942.8.33

Thomas Wilcocks Sully, Thomas Sully, Major Thomas Biddle, 1832, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1942.8.31

Major Thomas Biddle

Thomas Wilcocks Sully, Thomas Sully · 1832 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1942.8.31

Bibliography

1909

  • Hart, Charles Henry. A Register of Portraits Painted by Thomas Sully, 1801-1871. Philadelphia, 1909.

1921

  • Biddle, Edward, and Mantle Fielding. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Philadelphia, 1921.

1922

  • Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition of Portraits by Thomas Sully. Exh. cat. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1922.

1983

  • Fabian, Monroe H. Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter: The Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1983.

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: 136-137.

2000

  • Barratt, Carrie Rebora. Queen Victoria and Thomas Sully. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Wallace Collection, London. Princeton, 2000.