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.
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.
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