* Thomas Sully 1783-1872

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Description

Thomas Sully
Portrait of Mrs. Joseph Janney
inscribed with the artist's initials T.S. and dated 1849 on the reverse of the frame
oil on canvas
36 by 28 in.
(91.4 by 71.1 cm)

Provenance

Mrs. Joseph Merrefield (daughter of the sitter)
Joseph Janney Merrefield (her son)
Mrs. Benedict Henry Hanson (his neice)
By descent in the family
Acquired by the present owner from the above , 2002

Exhibited

Baltimore, Maryland, The Maryland Institute, Loan Exhibition of Sully Portraits Owned in Maryland, February-March 1921, no. 21
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, before 1925
New York, Macbeth Galleries, April 1931

Literature

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Account of Pictures Painted by Thomas Sully, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1898
Edward Biddle and Mantle Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1921, no. 911, p. 190