Joseph Dugan

1810

Thomas Sully

Artist, American, born England, 1783 - 1872

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Herbert L. Pratt

  • Dimensions

    overall: 91.8 x 73.5 cm (36 1/8 x 28 15/16 in.)
    framed: 113 x 95.1 x 6.8 cm (44 1/2 x 37 7/16 x 2 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1945.17.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The sitter's great-grand-niece, Mrs. Margaret B. Dohan, Philadelphia; purchased by 1917 by Herbert Lee Pratt [d. 1945], New York City and Glen Cove, Long Island, New York;[1] gift 1945 to NGA.
[1] Charles Henry Hart, Historical Descriptive and Critical Catalogue of the Works of American Artists in [the] Collection of Herbert L. Pratt, Glen Cove, L.I., New York, 1917: 64. There is no information pertaining to this portrait's provenance in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1917

  • Exhibition of Early American Paintings, Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1917, no. 108, as Joseph A. Dougan.

1922

  • Memorial Exhibition of Portraits by Thomas Sully, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1922, no. 77.

1934

  • A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, 1934, no. 380.

1944

  • A Loan Exhibition of American Portraits by American Painters 1730-1944, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1944, no. 12.

1976

  • 200 Years of American Portraiture: 1776-1976, Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1976, p. 70-71.

1980

  • Benjamin West and His American Students, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1980-1981, no. 121.

1986

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Ronald Lauder, U.S. Embassy residence, Vienna, Austria, 1986-1990.

Bibliography

1909

  • Hart 1909, no. 453, 56.

1917

  • Hart, Charles Henry. Historical Descriptive and Critical Catalogue of the Works of American Artists in [the] Collection of Herbert L. Pratt, Glen Cove, L.I. New York, 1917: no. 28, 64.

  • An Exhibition of Early American Paintings. Exh. cat. Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, 1917: no. 108, 100.

1921

  • Biddle, Edward, and Mantle Fielding. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Philadelphia, 1921: no. 492, 142.

1922

  • Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition of Portraits by Thomas Sully. Exh. cat. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1922: no. 77, 50.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 110, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 241, repro.

  • Evans, Dorinda. Benjamin West and His American Students. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Washington, 1980: 156, fig. 121.

1981

  • Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: repro. 86, 86-87.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 359, 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: 137-139, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20182764

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