Lafayette (Two Views)

c. 1825

Thomas Sully

Associated Names
Thomas Sully

Artist, American, born England, 1783 - 1872

The image depicts two figures shown from head to toe, each in a separate scene on a split canvas. On the left side, a person is positioned slightly turned with one hand raised and the other holding a stick or cane. Their face is shadowed, and they have short, dark hair. They are draped in a long cloak or coat, with an archway and a statue partially visible behind them. On the right side, another individual stands full-length in the light of an open doorway, facing forward. This character also has short hair and is wearing a similar cloak or long coat, and they appear to be holding a walking stick or similar object. The background includes suggestions of architecture and trees, all rendered in a monochromatic wash.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and black ink with gray and brown wash on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (approximate): 15.7 × 23.9 cm (6 3/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.110


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 16.

Inscriptions

upper left verso in green ink by unknown hand: [not deciphered] / purchase 1957

Wikidata ID

Q64633307

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