Thomas Sully

The image of Seated Woman bears a considerable resemblance to Sully's Portrait of Mary Siddons Whelan, painted in 1812, which is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Together with DAVID JOHNSON, Franconia, New Hampshire, signed with the artist's monogrammed initials DJ and dated July 1871, Franconia N.H., pencil heightened with white on tan paper. 2 works.

Sully: Hirschl & Adler, Galleries Inc., New York
Johnson: Graham Gallery, New York
Paul Magriel, New York

Sully: New York, National Academy of Design; The Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, American Figure Drawings: The Paul Magriel Collection, November 8, 1979-March 10, 1980, no. 46, illustrated in the catalogue
Washington, D.C., Federal Reserve System Museum, The Paul Magriel Collection: American Drawings 1800-1965, November 17, 1980-January 15, 1981, no. 40, illustrated in the catalogue

Neither work was examined out of the frame. SULLY: In generally good condition; some soiling to the surface: scattered light stains throughout; a small tear along upper edge center. JOHNSON: In generally good condition; some soiling to the surface: a few scattered light stains throughout.
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