The Coleman Sisters, 1844

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 112.5 x 87.5 cm (44 5/16 x 34 7/16 in.)

framed: 146.7 x 121.9 x 14 cm (57 3/4 x 48 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William C. Freeman

Accession Number

1947.9.3

Artists / Makers

Thomas Sully (artist) American, born England, 1783 - 1872

Image Use

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Provenance

Margaret Coleman Freeman [1820-1894], one of the sitters; her daughter, Margaret Freeman Buckingham [1857-1946], Washington, D.C., and Cornwall, Pennsylvania; her nephew, William Coleman Freeman [1881-1955], Cornwall, Pennsylvania; gift 1947 to NGA.

Associated Names

Buckingham, Margaret Freeman
Freeman, Margaret Coleman
Freeman, William C.

Exhibition History

1952: [Opening exhibition of new art gallery], Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1952-1953, no cat.

1973: The American Portrait: From the Death of Stuart to the Rise of Sargent, Worcester Art Museum, 1973, no. 5.

1983: Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter: The Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872), National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1983, no. 69.

Bibliography

1909: Hart 1909, no. 325, 44.

1921: Biddle, Edward, and Mantle Fielding. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Philadelphia, 1921: no. 349, 124.

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

1973: Hennessey, William J. The American Portrait: From the Death of Stuart to the Rise of Sargent. Exh. cat. Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1973: 11, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 240, repro.

1981: Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 97, repro. 106.

1983: Fabian, Monroe H. Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter: The Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1983: 109, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 364, 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: 182-184, color repro.