Property from the Collection of Maude B. Feld, New York
Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
The Love Letter
No reserve
Lot Closed
January 25, 09:55 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
oil on canvas
dated 1835
30 in. by 25 in.
initialed and dated TS 1835 on verso.
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One of Sully's most popular compositions, of which he painted numerous replicas (Biddle and Fielding 1921, nos. 2396–2403). This version was presumably bought by the tenor Joseph Wood and his wife, the soprano Mary Ann Paton, during their American tour in 1836 when Sully painted Mary Ann's portrait (National Portrait Gallery), or perhaps when Sully visited England to paint Queen Victoria in 1837.
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