Inscription
lower center on portfolio: TS (in monogram) 1832
Provenance
(Ehrich Galleries, New York), at least 1920-1921. Countess Mona Bismarck, Paris;[1] gift 1966 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1832
- Twenty-First Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1832, no. 95, as Portraits of a Gentleman's Three Children (grouped).
- 1920
- Paintings by Thomas Sully, Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1920, unnumbered, as Pauline, Bertha and John Vanderkemp.
- 1968
- Springfield Art Festival, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri, 1968, no cat.
- 1970
- Two Centuries of American Portraits, University of Kentucky Art Gallery, Lexington; Paducah Art Gallery, Kentucky; J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, 1970, no cat.
- 1973
- Thomas Sully 1783-1872, Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, 1973, no. 12.
- 1976
- Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1976-1981.
- 1983
- Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter: The Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872), National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1983, no. 49.
- 1985
- Extended loan for use by Ambassador Faith Whittlesey, U.S. Embassy residence, Bern, Switzerland, 1985-1988.
- 1988
- Extended loan for use by Ambassador Philip D. Winn, U.S. Embassy residence, Bern, Switzerland, 1988-1990.
- 1993
- Extended loan for use by Ambassador Swanee Hunt, U.S. Embassy residence, Vienna, Austria, 1993-1997.
- 1999
- Extended loan for use by Ambassador Gerald S. McGowan, U.S. Embassy residence, Lisbon, Portugal, 1999-2001 (unnumbered brochure, repro.).
- 2005
- Extended loan for use by Secretary Margaret Spellings, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C., 2005-2008.
Bibliography
- 1909
- Hart 1909, no. 1734, 168.
- 1921
- Biddle, Edward, and Mantle Fielding. The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Philadelphia, 1921: no. 1838, 302.
- 1970
- American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 114, repro.
- 1973
- Flynn, Elizabeth L. Thomas Sully, 1783-1872. Exh. cat. Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville, Virginia, 1973: 20, repro.
- 1980
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 245, repro.
- 1983
- Fabian, Monroe H. Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter: The Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1983: no. 49, 90, repro.
- 1992
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 363, repro.
- 1998
- Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 175-178, color repro.
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