Thomas Sully
General Jackson After the Battle of New Orleans
Estimate:
30,000 - 50,000 USD
The Passion of American Collectors:
Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Thomas Sully
1783 - 1872
General Jackson After the Battle of New Orleans
signed with monogrammed initials TS, dated 1870 and titled General Jackson after the Battle of New Orleans, from a former sketch (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 1/2 by 16 1/2 inches
(64.8 by 41.9 cm)
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Clendenin J. Ryan, New York, circa 1950
Private collection, 1991 (by descent; sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 21, 2003, lot 204)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale