Thomas Sully

Thomas Sully in 1869

Thomas Sully                        


1783 - 1872





Famous English-born
American portrait painter






                                         

‘The portrait… was that of a young girl.

It was a mere head and shoulders… much in the style of the favourite heads of Sully.

The arms, the bosom, and even the ends of the radiant hair,

melted imperceptibly into the vague yet deep shadow

  which formed the background of the whole.’

                                        ‘The Oval Portrait’, E.A. Poe

'Self-portrait of the artist painting his wife'
(Sarah Annis Sully),
oil on canvas, ca. 1810

'A life study of the Marquis de Lafayette'
oil on canvas, ca. 1824-1825

Portrait of Andrew Jackson
7th President of the United States (1829-1837)
1824
used for the United States' $ 20 dollar bill
from 1828 onward

'Gypsy Maiden',
watercolor on paper, ca. 1839

'Cinderella at the kitchen fire',
1843