The Sully Children
Artist
Thomas Sully
American, born Great Britain, 1783–1872
Date1822–1824
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions56 1/2 x 39 3/4 in. (143.5 x 101 cm)
Frame: 64 x 47 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (162.6 x 120.7 x 6.4 cm)
Frame: 64 x 47 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (162.6 x 120.7 x 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mrs. O. Max Gardner
Object numberGL.56.25.1
On View
Not on view[1] Mrs O. Max
Published ReferencesEdward Biddle and Mantle Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1921), cat. no. 1748.
James B. Byrnes, "Thomas Sully." North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 1, no. 1 (Spring, 1957), 17-21; listed in "New Acquisitions," 24, illus. (b-w) fig. 10.
American Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 1, 2nd ed (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1966), no. 57, illus. (b-w).
Charles W. Stanford, Jr., Selections from British and American Painting and Sculpture (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), no. 20, illus. (b-w).
American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (brochure) (Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, 1975), no. 33.
American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Asheville: Asheville Art Museum, 1976), listed 28.
Jolyn Key, "Taking It a Step Beyond: Fayetteville Museum of Arts Beyond Likeness Exibit [sic]," Up & Coming Magazine (July 22-August 4, 1998), 17.
William Keyse Rudolph and Carol Eaton Soltis, Thomas Sully: Painted Performance (exhibition catalogue) (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013), cat. no. 16, illus. (color), mentioned 45, 80, detail (color) 82, fig. 28, listed 163.
Exhibition HistoryCharlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," September 7-October 19, 1975, no. 36.
Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 16-June 27, 1976, listed 28.
Hickory, NC, The Hickory Museum of Art, "Beyond Likeness: Contemporary Considerations of the Portrait," November 1-December 31, 1997; Wilmington, NC, St. John's Museum of Art, April 30-June 28, 1998; Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, July 11-August 30, 1998; Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, September 17, 1998-January 2, 1999; Greenville, NC, Greenville Museum of Art, January 14-February 28, 1999, brochure.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Education Gallery, "The Light Aesthetic," September 1984–July 1985.
Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Art Museum, “Thomas Sully: Imagination and Invention,” October 11, 2013–January 5, 2014; San Antonio, TX, San Antonio Museum of Art, February 7–May 11, 2014, cat. no. 16.
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