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        <h1 class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Thomas Sully (1783-1872)</h1>
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      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s" align="justify">Do you think you may own a painting by Thomas Sully? We authenticate, appraise and research all paintings by this great artist.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_SelfPortrait.jpg" alt="Self-Portrait"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Self-Portrait</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Thomas Sully was an early American painter, born in Lincolnshire, England. He immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of nine, and as a young man initially worked for an insurance broker in Philadelphia. However, Sully was passionate about art and when he was 16, Sully joined his brother, a miniaturist, in Virginia. Sully studied under his brother, but it was quickly evident that he was the more talented artist. He began to move away from painting miniatures like his brother and created oil portraits with the help of fellow painter Henry Bembridge.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_TheTornHat.jpg" alt="The Torn Hat" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Torn Hat</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_MotherAndSon.jpg" alt="Mother and Son" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Mother and Son</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_TheWalshSisters.jpg" alt="The Walsh Sisters" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Walsh Sisters</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">It was Sully’s goal to travel to London to continue his studies, but his brothers’ untimely death in 1804 changed his plans. He stayed in the United States instead to take care of his family estate. In 1806, Sully married his brothers’ widow and relocated to New York that same year.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_EdwardJamesRoye.jpg" alt="Edward James Roye" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Edward James Roye</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_PeterStephenDuponceau.jpg" alt="Peter Stephen Duponceau"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Peter Stephen Duponceau</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_PortraitOfLeviFletcher.jpg" alt="Portrait of Levi Fletcher" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Portrait of Levi Fletcher</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">While in New York, Sully made a brief trip to Boston. While in Boston he consulted with fellow painter Gilbert Stuart. In 1809, Sully moved back to Philadelphia and that same year he was finally able to make his trip to London. While in London, he studied under Benjamin West, like so many other American artists. He worked alongside West for a year, copying the works of the Old Masters and in 1810 he returned to the United States, permanently settling in Philadelphia.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_MrsEdwardHudson.jpg" alt="Mrs. Edward Hudson" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Mrs. Edward Hudson</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_AlexanderMacomb.jpg" alt="Alexander Macomb" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Alexander Macomb</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">In the following years, Sully was commissioned to create a number of portraits for notable Philadelphia society figures and government officials. Art historians, however, note that Sully was most successful in his portraits of women.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_MotherAndChild1827.jpg" alt="Mother and Child 1827" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Mother and Child 1827</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_AbbyAnnKingTurnerVanPelt.jpg" alt="Abby Ann King Turner Van Pelt" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Abby Ann King Turner Van Pelt</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_WomanInABonnet.jpg" alt="Woman in a Bonnet" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Woman in a Bonnet</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_BlancheAndRosalie.jpg" alt="Blanche and Rosalie" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Blanche and Rosalie</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">It is thought that he created some 2,000 portraits in his lifetime in England and all over the coastal United States.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_JohnEagerHoward.jpg" alt="John Eager Howard, Governor of Maryland" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">John Eager Howard, Governor of Maryland</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_PatrickHEnry.jpg" alt="Patrick Henry" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Patrick Henry</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_ThomasJefferson.jpg" alt="Thomas Jefferson" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Thomas Jefferson</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Besides creating portraits, Sully also painted large scale historical paintings. In one occasion, Sully was commissioned to create a full length portrait of George Washington and instead, painted a massive historical scene of Washington crossing the Delaware. This is considered to be his most famous painting, though at the time, it cost Sully a great deal of frustration and expense. The patron that originally commissioned this piece from him found it too large and Sully was left with this massive composition and no one to buy it. This painting is now housed at the Museum of Fine arts in Boston.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/washdelaware.jpg" alt="Washington Crossing the Delaware" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Washington Crossing the Delaware</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Throughout his career, Sully created a number of portraits for many important people like John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Queen Victoria on his second trip to England. These portraits now hang in a great many public and private collections and historical sites.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_QueenVictoria.jpg" alt="Queen Victoria" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Queen Victoria</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Although he was best known for his portraits, Sully was a very prolific painter and also painted landscapes, genre paintings and of course, historical scenes.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_WissahickonCreek1845.jpg" alt="Wissahickon Creek 1845" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Wissahickon Creek 1845</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_LadyWithAHarp.jpg" alt="Lady with a Harp" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Lady with a Harp</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/sully/Sully_LittleRedRidingHood.jpg" alt="Little Red Riding Hood" width="auto" height="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Little Red Riding Hood</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Still wondering about a portrait or early American historical painting hanging in your home? <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/contact/contact1.php">Contact us</a>…it could be by Thomas Sully.</p>
      
      
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