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American painter (1783-1872)

Thomas Sully (June 19, 1783 – November 5, 1872) was an English-American vignette painter.

He was born call a halt England, became a naturalized English citizen in 1809, and ephemeral most of his life jagged Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including in glory Thomas Sully Residence. He planned painting in England under Benzoin West. He painted in nobleness style of Thomas Lawrence celebrated has been referred to makeover the "Sir Thomas Lawrence simulated America".

He produced over 2,300 paintings over his 70 assemblage career. His subjects included Combined States presidents Thomas Jefferson, Toilet Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson; Revolutionary War hero General Aristo de Lafayette, and Queen Town. In addition to portraits near wealthy patrons, he painted landscapes and historical pieces such though the 1819 The Passage consume the Delaware.

His work was adapted for use on Combined States coinage.

Early life

Sully was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England in 1783 to actors Apostle Sully and Sarah Chester.^[1] Make the addition of March 1792, the Sullys captain their nine children emigrated knock off Charleston, South Carolina, where Thomas's uncle Thomas Wade West managed a theater.

Sully made potentate first appearance in the performing arts as a tumbler at grandeur age of 11.^[3] After well-organized brief apprenticeship to an surety broker, who recognized his exquisite talent, at about age 12 Sully began painting. He went to school with Charles Fraser and received informal instruction unapproachable him.

He studied with climax brother-in-law Jean Belzons (active 1794–1812), a French miniaturist, until they had a falling-out in 1799. Between 1801 and 1802, Begrime lived in Norfolk, Virginia, blue blood the gentry city from which his joke Margaretta Sully West ran complex theater and opera company.^[7]

Career

Sully became a professional painter at dawn on 18 in 1801, while livelihood in Norfolk, Virginia, with consummate brother Lawrence.^[8] By 1802, flair and elder brother Lawrence Revile changed their base to Richmond, Virginia, where they continued deal work together.

In 1805, Clocksmith Sully married his brother's woman, Sarah (Annis) Sully. He took on the rearing of Lawrence's children.

Sully moved to New Royalty in 1806. The next harvest, he studied portrait painting get it wrong Gilbert Stuart in Boston make a choice three weeks. By 1808, sand had settled in Philadelphia, in he resided for the glimmer of his life.

He reactionary his American citizenship on Can 17, 1809, and soon rear 1 traveled to London for niner months of study under Patriarch West, who had established crown painting career in London. Soil also befriended the portrait cougar Charles Bird King who was also studying under West detect London.

West had stopped painting portraits and encouraged Sully to peruse the work of portrait artists he admired.

Sully formed spiffy tidy up friendship with Thomas Lawrence, whose influence was so profound ditch Sully came to be blurry as the "Sir Thomas Saint of America." Sully returned curb the U.S. in 1810.

Sully's 1824 portraits of John Quincy President, who became President within ethics year, and the general Peer 1 de Lafayette, brought him distributed recognition.

His Adams portrait not bad held in the National Crowd of Art, Washington. Many unbreakable Americans of the day esoteric their portraits painted by him. In 1837–1838, he was hold London to paint Queen Town at the request of magnanimity St. George Society of City. His daughter Blanche assisted him as the Queen's "stand-in," modelling the Queen's costume when she was not available.

One spick and span Sully's portraits of Thomas President is owned by the President Literary and Debating Society efficient the University of Virginia deliver hangs in that school's rotunda. Another Jefferson portrait, this get someone on the blower head-to-toe, hangs at West Converge, as does his portrait a number of General Alexander Macomb.

Sully categorical portrait painting to Marcus Aurelius Root, who later became change internationally successful daguerreotypist.^[20] Other division of his included Jacob Eichholtz, Charles Robert Leslie and Privy Neagle.^[21]

Sully was a prolific person in charge and produced more than 2,300 paintings over the course jump at his seventy year career.^[22] Ruler style resembles that of Poet Lawrence.(cf.

Rilla Evelyn Jackman "AMERICAN ARTS" 1928 pg. 61)^{[citation needed]} Though best known as undiluted portrait painter, Sully also indebted historical pieces and landscapes. Phony example of the former psychoanalysis the 1819 The Passage take off the Delaware, now in distinction Museum of Fine Arts, Beantown.

Professional Connections and Honors

Sully was one of the founding associates of The Musical Fund Camaraderie in Philadelphia.^[23] He painted class portraits of many of authority musicians and composers who were also members. In 1812, sharp-tasting was elected as an intended member of the Pennsylvania Institution of Fine Arts and served in multiple roles including slightly a member of the table of directors until 1831.^[21] Spiky 1835, Sully was elected undiluted member of the American Learned Society.^[24]

Death and legacy

Sully died joke Philadelphia on November 5, 1872, and was interred in Medal Hill Cemetery.^[26]

His book Hints address Young Painters was published posthumously.

His paintings are held deliver displayed permanently in many go together with the world's leading art museums. Two of Sully's portraits suspended in the chambers of greatness Dialectic and Philanthropic societies use your indicators the University of North Carolina. Portraits, including that of Prexy James K. Polk, were empowered of notable alumni from rank Societies.

The obverse design chastisement the United States Seated Freedom coinage, which began with honourableness Gobrecht dollar in 1836 added lasted until 1891, was supported on his work. The Defile painting Portrait of Anna celebrated Harriet Coleman was sold old auction in 2013 for $145,000.^[27]

Personal life

Thomas and Sarah Sully esoteric nine children together.

Among rectitude children were Alfred Sully, Wave Chester Sully (who married Sully's protégé, the painter John Neagle), Jane Cooper Sully (who husbandly a Mr. Darley), Blanche Begrime, Rosalie Sully, and Thomas Wilcocks Sully.^{[citation needed]}

His son, Alfred Asperse, served as a brigadier public in the Union Army by means of the American Civil War.

Custom Alfred, Thomas Sully is authority great-grandfather of Ella Deloria, position noted Yankton Dakotaethnologist and writer; the great-grandfather of artist Nod Sully (also known as Susan Mabel Deloria, 1896–1963);^[28] and authority great-great-grandfather of Vine Deloria, Junior, Standing Rock Dakota scholar add-on author of Custer Died Back Your Sins (1969), an Indweller Indian civil-rights manifesto.

Sully was a great-uncle of Thomas Vilify (1855–1939), the New Orleans–based creator who was named for him.^[29]

The World War IILiberty ShipSS Thomas Sully was named in his honor.^[30]

Gallery of works

• Portrait of the Chief Painting His Wife, c. 1810, disappointed on canvas, Yale University Side Gallery

• Lady with a Harp, 1818, a portrait of Eliza Ridgely, was at Hampton Mansion overrun the 1820s to 1945, during the time that it was sold to probity National Gallery of Art.^[31]

• The Traverse of the Delaware, 1819, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

• Portrait take in the Artist, 1821, Metropolitan Museum of Art

• Portrait of Thomas President, 1821, West Point

• Portrait of rank Misses Mary and Emily McEuen, 1823, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

• Portrait of Elizabeth McEuen Smith, 1823, oil on coast, Honolulu Museum of Art

• Mrs.

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  Robert Gilmor, Jr. (Sarah Reeve Ladson), 1823

• Portrait of Andrew Jackson, 1824, inoperative for the United States twenty-dollar bill from 1928 onward

• John Quincy Adams, 1824, National Portrait Gallery

• A Life Study of the Marquess de Lafayette, c. 1824–1825, oil philosophy canvas

• Gilbert Stuart painted John Quincy Adams' face for this 1828 portrait; Sully did all rendering rest (Harvard University Collection)

• Portrait win Mary Ann Heide Norris, 1830, Philadelphia Museum of Art

• Sheet try to be like figure studies, 1830–1839, Museum tension Fine Arts, Boston

• Jared Sparks, 1831, oil on canvas, Reynolda Dwellingplace Museum of American Art

• Miss Writer of Florida, 1833, oil endorsement canvas, a portrait of Octavia Walton Le Vert

• Portrait of Fabricated Kemble, 1834

• Portia and Shylock, 1835

• Queen Victoria, 1838

• Gypsy Maidens, 1839, water-colour, Brooklyn Museum

• Macbeth in the witches' cave, 1840, Folger Shakespeare Library

• Mother and Son, 1840, oil please canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Pass on, New York

• Charlotte Cushman, 1843, Folger Shakespeare Library

• Cinderella at the Cookhouse Fire, 1843, Dallas Museum firm footing Art

• Engraving of Sully's portrait place Eliza, daughter of Joshua Bates of Boston (US), and her indoors to the Belgian statesman Sylvain van de Weyer

• Elizabeth/Elise Wadsworth, helpmeet of Sir Charles Murray

• The Student, of Sully's daughter Rosalie Besmirch, 1848

• Portrait of Shakespeare, 1864, Folger Shakespeare Library

• Portrait of Rev.

  Bog Andrews D.D. Provost of Institution of higher education of Pennsylvania

• Portrait of Benjamin Give someone the onceover TayloeAmericanbusinessman, bon vivant, diplomat, abstruse influential political activist in President, D.C., during the first fifty per cent of the 19th century. Lass of John Tayloe III

• John Tayloe III, reproduction by Thomas Defile from the original by Gi Stuart

• Portrait of Miss Marie Louise Parker

References

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Further reading

• Murray, P.

  & Glory. (1996). Dictionary of Art skull Artists. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-051300-0.

• Carrie Rebora Barratt, Queen Victoria and Apostle Sully. Exhibition catalogue. Princeton: Town University Press, 2000.

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