Description:
Thomas Sully (American, 1783-1872)
Portrait of Mrs. William Brown (Miss Deborah Norris),1833
Inscribed and dated "TS 1833" on the reverse, sitter identified on a label affixed
to the frame backing.
Oil on canvas, 30 1/4 x 24 7/8 in. (76.8 x 63.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, minor retouch, scuffing, fine stable craquelure, surface grime.
Literature: Edward Biddle and Mantle Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1921),entry number 215, p. 108.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
With a label from Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, on the back of the frame.
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