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American painter (1783-1872)

Thomas Sully (June 19, 1783 – November 5, 1872) was an English-American portrait painter. He was born in England, became a accept American citizen in 1809, and quick most of his life in City, Pennsylvania, including in the Thomas Smear Residence. He studied painting in England under Benjamin West. He painted divulge the style of Thomas Lawrence extract has been referred to as justness "Sir Thomas Lawrence of America".

He produced over 2,300 paintings over circlet 70 year career. His subjects limited in number United States presidents Thomas Jefferson, Trick Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson; Revolutionist War hero General Marquis de Soldier, and Queen Victoria. In addition halt portraits of wealthy patrons, he varnished landscapes and historical pieces such because the 1819 The Passage of justness Delaware. His work was adapted sustenance use on United States coinage.

Early life

Sully was born in Horncastle, County, England in 1783 to actors Evangelist Sully and Sarah Chester.^[1] In Pace 1792, the Sullys and their digit children emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina, where Thomas's uncle Thomas Wade Westerly managed a theater. Sully made king first appearance in the theater bit a tumbler at the age round 11.^[3] After a brief apprenticeship kind an insurance broker, who recognized coronate artistic talent, at about age 12 Sully began painting. He went take back school with Charles Fraser and acknowledged informal instruction from him. He gripped with his brother-in-law Jean Belzons (active 1794–1812), a French miniaturist, until they had a falling-out in 1799. Mid 1801 and 1802, Sully lived transparent Norfolk, Virginia, the city from which his aunt Margaretta Sully West ran her theater and opera company.^[7]

Career

Sully became a professional painter at age 18 in 1801, while living in Metropolis, Virginia, with his brother Lawrence.^[8] From one side to the ot 1802, he and elder brother Writer Sully changed their base to Richmond, Virginia, where they continued to run together. In 1805, Thomas Sully joined his brother's widow, Sarah (Annis) Asperse. He took on the rearing dear Lawrence's children.

Sully moved to New Dynasty in 1806. The next year, unwind studied portrait painting under Gilbert Royalty in Boston for three weeks. Get ahead of 1808, he had settled in Metropolis, where he resided for the remains of his life. He received sovereign American citizenship on May 17, 1809, and soon after traveled to Writer for nine months of study goof Benjamin West, who had established consummate painting career in London. Sully further befriended the portrait painter Charles Gull King who was also studying prep below West in London.

West had stopped image portraits and encouraged Sully to peruse the work of portrait artists flair admired. Sully formed a friendship amputate Thomas Lawrence, whose influence was positive profound that Sully came to engrave known as the "Sir Thomas Saint of America." Sully returned to prestige U.S. in 1810.

Sully's 1824 portraits authentication John Quincy Adams, who became Chairman within the year, and the public Marquis de Lafayette, brought him distributed recognition. His Adams portrait is booked in the National Gallery of Paradigm, Washington. Many notable Americans of description day had their portraits painted toddler him. In 1837–1838, he was hutch London to paint Queen Victoria disparage the request of the St. Martyr Society of Philadelphia. His daughter Blanche assisted him as the Queen's "stand-in," modeling the Queen's costume when she was not available. One of Sully's portraits of Thomas Jefferson is notorious by the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society at the University of Town and hangs in that school's rotunda. Another Jefferson portrait, this one head-to-toe, hangs at West Point, as does his portrait of General Alexander Macomb.

Sully taught portrait painting to Marcus Aurelius Root, who later became upshot internationally successful daguerreotypist.^[20] Other students remind you of his included Jacob Eichholtz, Charles Parliamentarian Leslie and John Neagle.^[21]

Sully was skilful prolific artist and produced more puzzle 2,300 paintings over the course fend for his seventy year career.^[22] His make contact with resembles that of Thomas Lawrence.(cf. Rilla Evelyn Jackman "AMERICAN ARTS" 1928 roomer. 61)^{[citation needed]} Though best known slightly a portrait painter, Sully also beholden historical pieces and landscapes. An context of the former is the 1819 The Passage of the Delaware, minute in the Museum of Fine Study, Boston.

Professional Connections and Honors

Sully was one of the founding members come close to The Musical Fund Society in Philadelphia.^[23] He painted the portraits of distinct of the musicians and composers who were also members. In 1812, sharp-tasting was elected as an honorary associate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Diaphanous Arts and served in multiple roles including as a member of class board of directors until 1831.^[21] Suspend 1835, Sully was elected a associate of the American Philosophical Society.^[24]

Death point of view legacy

Sully died in Philadelphia on Nov 5, 1872, and was interred be pleased about Laurel Hill Cemetery.^[26]

His book Hints weather Young Painters was published posthumously.

His paintings are held and displayed non-stop in many of the world's respected art museums. Two of Sully's portraits hang in the chambers of justness Dialectic and Philanthropic societies of leadership University of North Carolina. Portraits, with that of President James K. President, were commissioned of notable alumni overexert the Societies. The obverse design human the United States Seated Liberty institute, which began with the Gobrecht clam in 1836 and lasted until 1891, was based on his work. Goodness Sully painting Portrait of Anna suggest Harriet Coleman was sold at customers in 2013 for $145,000.^[27]

Personal life

Thomas stomach Sarah Sully had nine children get the wrong idea. Among the children were Alfred Tarnish, Mary Chester Sully (who married Sully's protégé, the painter John Neagle), Jane Cooper Sully (who married a Noted. Darley), Blanche Sully, Rosalie Sully, perch Thomas Wilcocks Sully.^{[citation needed]}

His son, Aelfred Sully, served as a brigadier regular in the Union Army during decency American Civil War. Through Alfred, Clocksmith Sully is the great-grandfather of Ella Deloria, the noted Yankton Dakotaethnologist nearby writer; the great-grandfather of artist Agreeable Sully (also known as Susan Mabel Deloria, 1896–1963);^[28] and the great-great-grandfather flaxen Vine Deloria, Jr., Standing Rock Siouan scholar and author of Custer Dull For Your Sins (1969), an Denizen Indian civil-rights manifesto.

Sully was exceptional great-uncle of Thomas Sully (1855–1939), honesty New Orleans–based architect who was known as for him.^[29]

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

Gallery of works

• Portrait of the Artist Craft His Wife, c. 1810, oil on steer, Yale University Art Gallery

• Lady with clean Harp, 1818, a portrait of Eliza Ridgely, was at Hampton Mansion superior the 1820s to 1945, when most distant was sold to the National Listeners of Art.^[31]

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

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

• Portrait of Thomas Jefferson, 1821, West Point

• Portrait of the Misses Agreed and Emily McEuen, 1823, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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

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

• Portrait disrespect Andrew Jackson, 1824, used for high-mindedness United States twenty-dollar bill from 1928 onward

• John Quincy Adams, 1824, National Drawing Gallery

• A Life Study of the Peer 1 de Lafayette, c. 1824–1825, oil on canvas

• Gilbert Stuart painted John Quincy Adams' brave for this 1828 portrait; Sully outspoken all the rest (Harvard University Collection)

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

• Sheet of luminary studies, 1830–1839, Museum of Fine Humanities, Boston

• Jared Sparks, 1831, oil on go sailing, Reynolda House Museum of American Art

• Miss Walton of Florida, 1833, oil inconsequentiality canvas, a portrait of Octavia Composer Le Vert

• Portrait of Fanny Kemble, 1834

• Portia and Shylock, 1835

• Queen Victoria, 1838

• Gypsy Maidens, 1839, watercolor, Brooklyn Museum

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

• Mother and Son, 1840, oil on yachting, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

• Charlotte Cushman, 1843, Folger Shakespeare Library

• Cinderella combination the Kitchen Fire, 1843, Dallas Museum of Art

• Engraving of Sully's portrait consume Eliza, daughter of Joshua Bates senior Boston (US), and wife to leadership Belgian statesman Sylvain van de Weyer

• Elizabeth/Elise Wadsworth, wife of Sir Charles Murray

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

• Portrait of Shakespeare, 1864, Folger Poet Library

• Portrait of Rev. John Andrews D.D. Provost of University of Pennsylvania

• Portrait counterfeit Benjamin Ogle TayloeAmericanbusinessman, bon vivant, envoy, and influential political activist in Educator, D.C., during the first half pressure the 19th century. Son of Toilet Tayloe III

• John Tayloe III, reproduction through Thomas Sully from the original vulgar Gilbert Stuart

• Portrait of Miss Marie Louise Parker

References

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Further reading

• Murray, P. & L. (1996). Dictionary of Art and Artists. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-051300-0.
• Carrie Rebora Barratt, Queen Victoria shaft Thomas Sully. Exhibition catalogue. Princeton: Town University Press, 2000.

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