id: 96262 accession number: 1916.1979 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1979 updated: 2023-12-05 11:31:28.357000 Portraits of Jean Terford David and Mary Sicard David, 1813. Thomas Sully (American, 1783–1872). Oil on canvas; framed: 122 x 103 x 10 cm (48 1/16 x 40 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.); unframed: 89.5 x 70.5 cm (35 1/4 x 27 3/4 in.); part 2: 121.9 x 103.5 x 15.3 cm (48 x 40 3/4 x 6 in.); part 3: 89.5 x 69.8 cm (35 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1916.1979 title: Portraits of Jean Terford David and Mary Sicard David title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1813 creation date earliest: 1813 creation date latest: 1813 current location: 205 Federal American creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: America, 19th century technique: oil on canvas department: American Painting and Sculpture collection: American - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Thomas Sully (American, 1783–1872) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 122 x 103 x 10 cm (48 1/16 x 40 9/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 89.5 x 70.5 cm (35 1/4 x 27 3/4 in.); Part 2: 121.9 x 103.5 x 15.3 cm (48 x 40 3/4 x 6 in.); Part 3: 89.5 x 69.8 cm (35 1/4 x 27 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: .1 - Signed lower right: "TS 1813 [TS in monogram]" .2 - Signed right: "TS 1813 [TS in monogram]" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00 The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition (6 June-20 September, 1916), no. 156.
Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition of Portraits by Thomas Sully (1922), pp. 5-7, cat. nos. 71 & 72, illus. p. 49 & 50.
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 20th Anniversary Exhibition (26 June-4 October, 1936), p. 29, nos. 48 & 49.
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, The World of the Romantic Artist: A Survey of American Culture from 1800 to 1875 (28 December, 1944-28 January, 1945), nos. 5 & 6, ill. p. 8; cat. p. 8-10.
Saginaw, Michigan, The Saginaw Museum, An Exhibition of American Paintings from Colonial Times until Today (10 January-15 February, 1948), p. 22, illus. nos. 56 & 57, plate III.
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, From Colony to Nation: An Exhibition of American Painting Silver and Architecture from 1650 to the War of 1812 (21 April-19 June, 1949), p. 73, cat. nos. 117 & 118.
New York, The National Academy of Design, A Century and a Half of American Art (10 October-16 November, 1975), p. 118, illus. p. 117. (.1 only)
Washington D.C., The National Portrait Gallery, Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter (3 June-5 September, 1983), p. 59, cat. nos. 18 & 19, illus. p. 58-59.
Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Federal Philadelphia 1783-1825: The Athens of the Western World (5 July - 20 September 1987), cat. no. 224. (.2 only)
Milwaukee Art Museum, WI (10/11/2013 - 1/5/2014) and San Antonio Museum of Art, TX (2/7/20114 - 5/11/2014): "Thomas Sully: Painted Performance", cat. nos. 9 & 10, p. 104-105. --- PROVENANCE Family of the sitter; John Foster Jenkins, Yonkers, NY; The Cleveland Museum of Art (1916) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1925. page number: Reproduced: p. 9 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook_80839/page/n11 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. page number: Reproduced: p. 9 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1928/page/n13 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 534 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n98 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 161 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n185 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 161 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n185 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 200 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n220 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1979/1916.1979_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1979/1916.1979_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1979/1916.1979_full.tif