07-12-201307-13-2013
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July 12, 2013 04:00 PMCalender
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Thomas Sully (American, 1783-1872) Portrait of Mrs. William Brown (Miss Deborah Norris),1833

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$4,500$3,750
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2663BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 12, 2013 4:00PM

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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Keywords

Thomas Sully, William Brown, Deborah Norris, Philadelphia, Edward Biddle, Mantle Fielding, Wickersham Press