Suffer the Little Children

Thomas Sully

Associated Names
Thomas Sully

Artist, American, born England, 1783 - 1872

The image shows a group of individuals in a room with a central figure - a man seated on an elevated seat with a child on his lap. The man has dark hair and a beard, wearing a white robe with a red garment on his seat. The crowd around him consists of mostly men in earthy-toned clothing. One figure in the foreground has his hand on the child. The background has a soft, architectural setting, creating a serene atmosphere.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 26.5 × 36.2 cm (10 7/16 × 14 1/4 in.)
    support: 32.4 × 42.1 cm (12 3/4 × 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.7.118

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1984

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., May 1984.

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: inlay blue border / interval / 4

Wikidata ID

Q64633308

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