John Philip Kemble

1867

Thomas Sully, after Gilbert Stuart

Associated Names
Thomas Sully

Painter, American, born England, 1783 - 1872

Gilbert Stuart

Artist After, American, 1755 - 1828

The image shows a portrait of a person's upper body, capturing their head, neck, and part of their shoulders. The person is positioned facing slightly to the right, with their head turned towards the viewer. They have dark, tousled hair and defined facial features with a focused expression. The individual is wearing a rich, dark red garment draped over their shoulders, with a white collar visible underneath. In their hand, they are clutching the fabric of the garment, and there appears to be an ornate piece near the garment's edge. The background is muted and warm-toned.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 53.6 x 40.9 cm (21 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.)
    framed: 66.7 x 54 x 5.1 cm (26 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.17.111

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Augustus W. Oberwalder [Augustus de Forest], New York); purchased 13 December 1920 by Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York;[1] his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1947 to NGA.
[1] The painting is listed in Edward Biddle and Mantle Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully 1783-1872, Philadelphia, 1921: 197, as the property of A. T. Bay, who was Clarke's secretary Alice T. Bay.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1924

  • Exhibition of the Earliest Known Portraits of Americans by Painters of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, The Union League Club, New York, March 1924, no. 14.

1928

  • Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928-1931, unnumbered and unpaginated catalogue.

Bibliography

1909

  • Hart 1909, no. 930, 95.

1921

  • Biddle, Edward, and Mantle Fielding. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Philadelphia, 1921: no. 963, 197.

1928

  • Portraits by Early American Artists of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Collected by Thomas B. Clarke. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928, unnumbered, as by Thomas Sully.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 108, repro., as after Gilbert Stuart.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 239, repro., as after Gilbert Stuart.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 364, 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: 188-191, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20188698

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