Studies: Major Thomas Biddle and Thomas Wilcocks Sully

1820

Thomas Sully

Associated Names
Thomas Sully

Artist, American, born England, 1783 - 1872

The image shows a collection of sketches featuring various figures. In the top left corner, a woman is shown from the waist up, holding a child on her lap with another child standing beside her. The woman's facial features are outlined, with hair framing her face, and the children have simple characteristics. The clothing is depicted with soft shading. In the top right corner, there is another sketch of a woman holding a child. Moving to the bottom, there are two more sketches with less defined figures. One shows a woman seated with a casual posture, looking upward, while the other depicts a woman with a child where the contours are subtly indicated. The background is plain paper without any additional elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over graphite on gray laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Adolph Caspar Miller Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.5 × 29.3 cm (8 7/8 × 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1978.78.1


Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right verso in pen and brown ink: Tom 1820

Wikidata ID

Q64633306

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