Artist: Thomas Sully (1783 - 1872)
Nationality: British
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Thomas Sully was a leading American portraitist during the 18th century. He was born in England and immigrated to the United States as a child. IN his early career, he made two return trips to England to study. The second of these trips was from 1837 to 1838 when Sully was hired to paint Queen Victoria for the Society of the Sons of St. George of Philadelphia. Sully had a prolific and successful career, painting around 2,000 portraits throughout his lifetime. However, his most famous painting is the historical piece, Washington Crossing the Delaware.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Thomas Sully, Alfred Sully, 1839
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Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Sully 1859 oil on canvas board National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully, The Reverend Thomas Stockton, 1843
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Thomas Sully, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1826
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Thomas Sully - Thomas Alston 1826 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Thomas Sully Title: Portrait of George Washington Date: 1820 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
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Thomas Sully - Thomas Handasyd Perkins 1832 oil on canvas Boston Athenaeum American
Museum of Fine Arts -
Thomas Sully, American (born in England), 1783-1872 Fanny Kemble 1833 Oil on canvas 77.47 x
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Thomas Sully - Mrs. Caleb Newbold and Her Son Thomas 1813 oil on canvas The Columbus Museum
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Thomas Sully, American (born in England), 1783-1872 John Myers 1814 Oil on canvas 91.12 x
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Thomas Sully - The Gypsy Girl 1839 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Joseph Dugan 1810 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - The David Children 1826 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - The Coleman Sisters 1844 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Francis Hopkinson 1834 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Henry Pratt 1815 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Abraham Kintzing 1815 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Robert Walsh 1814 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Mrs. William Griffin 1830 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Mrs. Edward Hudson 1814 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Dr. Edward Hudson 1810 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Andrew Jackson 1845 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - The Walsh Sisters 1834-35 oil on canvas Speed Art Museum American
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Thomas Sully - Dr. Joseph Klapp 1814 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Thomas Sully - The Vanderkemp Children 1832 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - The Leland Sisters c. 1830 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Captain Charles Stewart 1811-1812 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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THomas Sully - Portrait of George Washington c. 1820 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts American
Museum of Fine Arts -
Thomas Sully, American (born in England), 1783-1872 Sheet of Figure Studies 1830s Pen, and brown
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Thomas Sully - John Philip Kemble 1867 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - John Quincy Adams 1824 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Charles Carnan Ridgely 1820 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Mrs. Klapp (Anna Milnor) 1814 Oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Thomas Sully, American (born in England), 1783-1872 The Rosebud 1839 Oil on canvas 72.39 x
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Thomas Sully, American (born in England), 1783-1872 The Passage of the Delaware 1819 Oil on
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Thomas Sully, American (born in England), 1783-1872 Mrs. Joseph Rotch (Anne Smith) 1831 Oil on
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Thomas Sully - Lady with a Harp: Eliza Ridgely 1818 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Lieutenant Jean Terford David 1813 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Thomas Sully - Ann Biddle Hopkinson (Mrs. Francis Hopkinson) 1834 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Sully, American (born in England), 1783-1872 Victor René Value and His Daughter Charlotte 1828

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (5)
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University of Essex Art Gallery: Gorgeously Repulsive: Charlotte Bernstein, Simon Collins, Angela Edmonds, Daniel Lehan, Prudence Emma Staite, Kate Sully
Artist Prudence Emma Staite who recently created works for the Dali Universe, will craft a site-specific chocolate room that can be interacted with and consumed. Angela Edmondsí recreates her humorous 1994 work Sweet Tooth - a chocolate cak...
Louvre: Dominique-Vivant Denon, the eye of Napoléon
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Fresno Metropolitan Museum: Becoming A Nation: Americana from the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State
"Becoming A Nation" provides the visitor with outstanding examples of America's achievement in the arts between the mid 18th and early 19th centuries like the great Philadelphia high chest attributed to Joseph Deleveau, an exquisite settee by Dunc...
Portland Museum of Art: Becoming a Nation: Americana from the Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U. S. Department of State
The exhibition, curated by Dr. Jonathan Fairbanks, presents some of the finest examples of American paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, and furniture of the golden age of American decorative and fine arts, from approximately 1750-1825. From the...
Metropolitan Museum of Art: American Drawings and Watercolors: Highlights from the Collection, 1710-1890
The exhibition will offer a rare opportunity to see many of the Museum's American works on paper, which – due to their fragile nature and sensitivity to light – are displayed only periodically. The often informal character or preparatory function ...

Further Artwork and Information:

Thomas Sully Online
Thomas Sully of Horncastle
Thomas Sully - Artist Painting Prices, Art Appraisal, Artist Paintings [AskART.com]
Works from the Peabody Collection
Thomas Sully - Artist Painting Prices, Art Appraisal, Artist Paintings [AskART.com]
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Thomas Wilcocks Sully Online
Amazon.com: Books: Queen Victoria and Thomas Sully

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