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Thomas Sully

102 works

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Oil portrait of three women with dark hair posed close together, with a red book and a vase of flowers at the right.

The Coleman Sisters

1844

Oil portrait of an elderly man with gray hair, dark coat and white collar, against a brown background.

Andrew Jackson

1845

Oil portrait of a young woman with curled dark hair, white dress and red drape, head resting on her hand, dark background.

Frances Anne Kemble as Beatrice

1833

Full-length painted portrait of a man in a plumed hat and red velvet cloak with fur trim, beside a stone column.

George Frederick Cooke as Richard III

1811

Full-length portrait of a standing man in black velvet with a rolled document, red drapery, gilded table and a rainbow sky.

Portrait of George Washington

1820

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled dark hair in a dark coat, white cravat and yellow waistcoat.

Portrait of Robert Erwin Gray

1811

Oil portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, bare shoulders and upturned gaze, hand near chest, brown background.

Mary Ann Paton (Mrs Wood)

1872

Small painting of castaway figures on a shore under a rainbow, with a palm tree and a sailing ship in the distance.

Robinson Crusoe and His Man Friday Leave the Island

Loose painted sketch of a bearded man and a seated companion in a firelit cave with a parrot and open book.

Robinson Crusoe and Friday in the Cave

Painting of a rifle-armed man on a beach beside a boat where two figures embrace, under a stormy sky and tree.

Friday's Father Rescued

Painting of two men building a wooden boat in a dense tropical forest, with a black dog and a rifle in the sand.

Boat Building by Robinson Crusoe and Friday

Loose oil sketch of a robed figure with a blade in a dense jungle, a nude figure beside them, and a spear-carrying figure at

Saving the Life of Friday

Loose painted sketch of a bearded man with a staff gesturing beside a breaking wave, a dog and gulls under a grey sky.

Foot Impression in the Sand

Sketch of a seated man working in a dim cave-like interior, with a parrot perched on a shelf at left.

In His Cave

Sketch of a man in grey leaning on wooden planks beside a dog, with tools on the ground and rocky cliffs behind.

Building a Shelter

Painting of a crouching man with a long pole beside a large rock, with a rocky cliff and hills behind him under a pale sky.

Visit to the Wreck

Oil sketch of a barefoot man in a light shirt clutching his chest on a rocky shore beside crashing waves under a dark sky.

The Shipwreck of Robinson Crusoe

Oil portrait of a seated man in black coat and white cravat, hand resting on books, red chair and draped curtain behind him.

Portrait of James Cornell Biddle (1795-1838)

1841

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white dress with curly hair against a dark background, with red drapery at left.

Sally Etting

1808

Oil painting of men on a wooded road, one in a red coat and white breeches, beside a horse and a rifle-carrying companion.

The Capture of Major André

1812

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white dress with puffed sleeves, arm resting on a gilded chair before red drapery.

Margaret Siddons, Mrs. Benjamin Kintzing

1812

Oil portrait of a seated man in a brown coat and white cravat holding a sealed letter, against a brown background.

John Sergeant

1811

Oil portrait of a woman in a white lace cap and brown dress with a gold bracelet, set against a soft sky and distant building

Portrait of a Woman

1831

Oil portrait of a woman in a white dress with a gold bracelet, hand resting on her chin, before red drapery.

Portrait of Margaret H. Sandford

1830

Oil portrait of a young man with dark hair, dark coat and white cravat against a warm brown background.

Portrait of John W. Sandford

1830

Oil portrait of a woman in a white gown and lace veil, leaning on a red cloth against a dark background.

Mrs. Joseph Hopkinson

1808

Grayscale watercolor of a standing woman in a white gown with her hand on a globe beside a draped table.

Standing Portrait of a Lady with a Globe (from Sketchbook)

1810-20

Brown wash painting of a young girl in a white dress and bonnet beside a spring with water jugs, under a tree.

Young girl getting water at a spring

1830

Watercolor portrait of a seated man in dark military uniform with gold epaulettes, sword beside him, at a desk by a window.

Colonel Jonathan F. Williams

1810

Charles Stewart

1810

Sheet of figure studies in grey wash, ink, and red chalk showing a seated woman with children and several mother and infant s

Studies: Major Thomas Biddle and Thomas Wilcocks Sully

1820

Ink and wash drawing of two standing men in long coats within arched architectural settings, one beside a classical statue.

Lafayette (Two Views)

c. 1825