Portraits of Jean Terford David and Mary Sicard David
1813
Thomas Sully
Thomas Sully (American, 1783–1872)
American Painting and Sculpture
Portraits of Jean Terford David and Mary Sicard David, 1813. Thomas Sully (American, 1783–1872). Oil on canvas; framed: 122 x 103 x 10 cm (48 1/16 x 40 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.); unframed: 89.5 x 70.5 cm (35 1/4 x 27 3/4 in.); part 2: 121.9 x 103.5 x 15.3 cm (48 x 40 3/4 x 6 in.); part 3: 89.5 x 69.8 cm (35 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1916.1979
- Maker/Artist
- Sully, Thomas
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 122 x 103 x 10 cm (48 1/16 x 40 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 89.5 x 70.5 cm (35 1/4 x 27 3/4 in.); Part 2: 121.9 x 103.5 x 15.3 cm (48 x 40 3/4 x 6 in.); Part 3: 89.5 x 69.8 cm (35 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: .1 - Signed lower right: "TS 1813 [TS in monogram]" .2 - Signed right: "TS 1813 [TS in monogram]"
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1916.1979
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition (6 June-20 September, 1916), no. 156.<br>Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition of Portraits by Thomas Sully (1922), pp. 5-7, cat. nos. 71 & 72, illus. p. 49 & 50. <br>Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 20th Anniversary Exhibition (26 June-4 October, 1936), p. 29, nos. 48 & 49.<br>Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, The World of the Romantic Artist: A Survey of American Culture from 1800 to 1875 (28 December, 1944-28 January, 1945), nos. 5 & 6, ill. p. 8; cat. p. 8-10. <br>Saginaw, Michigan, The Saginaw Museum, An Exhibition of American Paintings from Colonial Times until Today (10 January-15 February, 1948), p. 22, illus. nos. 56 & 57, plate III. <br>Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, From Colony to Nation: An Exhibition of American Painting Silver and Architecture from 1650 to the War of 1812 (21 April-19 June, 1949), p. 73, cat. nos. 117 & 118. <br>New York, The National Academy of Design, A Century and a Half of American Art (10 October-16 November, 1975), p. 118, illus. p. 117. (.1 only)<br>Washington D.C., The National Portrait Gallery, Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter (3 June-5 September, 1983), p. 59, cat. nos. 18 & 19, illus. p. 58-59. <br>Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Federal Philadelphia 1783-1825: The Athens of the Western World (5 July - 20 September 1987), cat. no. 224. (.2 only)<br>Milwaukee Art Museum, WI (10/11/2013 - 1/5/2014) and San Antonio Museum of Art, TX (2/7/20114 - 5/11/2014): "Thomas Sully: Painted Performance", cat. nos. 9 & 10, p. 104-105.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 205 Federal American
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