id: 96263 accession number: 1916.1979.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1979.1 updated: Portrait of Jean Terford 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1916.1979.1 title: Portrait of Jean Terford 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower right: "TS 1813 [TS in monogram]" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Inaugural Exhibition opening date: 1916-06-06T05:00:00 Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916). title: A Century and a Half of American Art opening date: 1975-10-15T04:00:00 A Century and a Half of American Art. National Academy of Design Museum and School of Fine Arts, New York, NY (organizer) (October 15-November 30, 1975). title: Thomas Sully: Painted Performance opening date: 2013-10-11T00:00:00 Thomas Sully: Painted Performance. Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (organizer) (October 11, 2013-January 5, 2014); San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX (February 7-May 11, 2014). --- 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. no. 71, illus. p. 49.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, 20th Anniversary Exhibition (26 June-4 October, 1936), p. 29, no. 48.
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), no. 5, 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. no. 57, plate III.
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. no. 117.
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.
Washington D.C., The National Portrait Gallery, Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter (3 June-5 September, 1983), p. 59, cat. no. 18, illus. p. 58.
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. no. 9, p. 104. --- PROVENANCE Family of the sitter; John Foster Jenkins, Yonkers, NY; The Cleveland Museum of Art (1916) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Sully's working motto was "flattery--nothing so sure of success as flattering your portraits." digital description: wall description: According to his own inventory, the astonishingly productive Sully painted more than 2,600 works during his career. Most of these paintings were commissioned portraits, including this one of John Terford David, who had just recently married. French-born David was an American officer who served as a paymaster during the War of 1812. His rank is indicated by the fringed epaulet on his left shoulder and the lack of one on his right. In composing the portrait, Sully ingeniously positioned David's body on an angle to emphasize the single epaulet and downplay the uniform's lack of symmetry. --- RELATED WORKS id: 96264 Portrait of Mary Sicard David, 1813. Thomas Sully (American, 1783–1872). Oil on canvas; framed: 121.9 x 103.5 x 15.3 cm (48 x 40 3/4 x 6 in.); unframed: 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 1916.1979.2 relationship: --- 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/1916.1979.1/1916.1979.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1979.1/1916.1979.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1979.1/1916.1979.1_full.tif