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Thomas Sully

Thomas Sully (1783–1872) was an American painter.

Also recorded as Sully; thos sully; sully thos; sully t.; thos. sully.

Overview

Born at Horncastle in 1783, died at Philadelphia in 1872.

In detail

training under Gilbert Stuart is recorded. John Neagle is recorded as having studied under Thomas Sully. the recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, figure and history. The authority associates the name with Neoclassicism.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Philadelphia, London and Boston. Membership is recorded of American Philosophical Society.

Works named in the authority record are Prison Scene from J. Fenimore Cooper’s “The Pilot”: “Cecelia Howard and Katherine Plowden arousing the prisoner Edward Griffith from his slumber.”.

Work by Thomas Sully is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Thomas Sully”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q786545: Thomas Sully

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