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ID: 500006873 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500006873			Record Type: Person

Sully, Thomas (American painter, 1783-1872)

Note: Sully was born into a family of actor and moved with with them to America in 1789. He studied under Benjamin West and Sir Thomas Lawrence in Europe and when he returned to America in 1838, he setteled in Philadelphia where he became a celebrated potrait painter of famous people including Lafayette, Jefferson, Washington, and Longfellow. Like Lawrence, Sully created romantic portarits of mood with elegant poses, refined lighting, and rich colors. Comment on works: portrait; figure; miniature

Names:
	Sully, Thomas (preferred,V,index,LC,Dutch-P,NA)
	Thomas Sully (V,display)
	Sully (LU,U)
	sully t. (LU,U)
	sully thos (LU,U)
	thos. sully (LU,U)
	thos sully (LU,U)

Nationalities:
	American (preferred)
	English

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	painter
	portraitist
	miniature painter

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Horncastle (Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place) Died: Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:

	active:		Charleston (Charleston county, South Carolina, United States) (inhabited place)
	active:		Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

associate of ....	Peale, Sarah Miriam
......................	(American painter, 1800-1885) [500010118]

grandparent of ....	Sully, Robert Matthew
..........................	(American painter, 1803-1855) [500017965]

parent by marriage (in-law) of ....	Neagle, John
....................................................	(American painter, 1796-1865) [500005325]

parent of ....	Sully, Thomas Wilcocks
................	(American artist, 1811-1847) [500009711]

student of ....	Fraser, Charles
..................	(American painter, 1782-1860) [500027085]

student of ....	Stuart, Gilbert
..................	(American painter, 1755-1828) [500010392]

student of ....	West, Benjamin
..................	(American painter and draftsman, 1738-1820, active in Great Britain) [500026989]

teacher of ....	DuBois, Samuel F.
..................	(American portraitist, 1805-1889) [500005614]

teacher of ....	Hubard, William James
..................	(American silhouette artist, painter, and sculptor, 1807-1862) [500032518]

teacher of ....	Peale, Mary Jane
..................	(American painter, 1826-1902) [500019701]

teacher of ....	Petticolas, Edward F.
..................	(American painter, 1793-ca. 1853) [500009951]

teacher of ....	Sully, Robert Matthew
..................	(American painter, 1803-1855) [500017965]

teacher of ....	West, William Edward
..................	(American painter, 1788-1857) [500002251]

uncle/aunt of ....	Sully, Robert Matthew
........................	(American painter, 1803-1855) [500017965]

List/Hierarchical Position:

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Persons, Artists

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Sully, Thomas (I)

Biographies:

(American painter, 1783-1872) ..... [BHA Preferred]
(American, 1783-1872) ..... [GRLPA]
(American painter, 1783-1872) ..... [PROV]
(American artist, 1783-1872) ..... [WCP]
(American artist, 1783-1872) ..... [WCI]
(American painter, 1783-1872) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, 1783-1872) ..... [GRL]
(American artist, 1783-1872) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(American artist, 1783-1872) ..... [PROV]
(American artist) ..... [PROV]
(English painter, 1783-1872) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

Sully ........	[PROV]
.............	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

sully t. ........	[PROV]
................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Sully, Thomas ........	[BHA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPA Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
............................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)
............................	Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 83042764
............................	M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
............................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
............................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 76042
............................	Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
............................	Witt Library, Authority files

sully thos ........	[PROV]
....................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Thomas Sully ........	[PROV, VP]
..........................	Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
..........................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..........................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

thos. sully ........	[PROV]
......................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

thos sully ........	[PROV]
....................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)


Note:
English	..........	[PROV, VP, WL-Courtauld]
	..........	Bénézit Dictionary of Artists: English Edition (2006) 13:519
	..........	Mendelowitz, History of American Art, 2nd ed. (1970) 193
	..........	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

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