id: 96264 accession number: 1916.1979.2 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1979.2 updated: 2023-08-23 18:11:23.715000 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 title: Portrait of 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: 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: 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed 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: Federal America opening date: 1977-04-17T05:00:00 Federal America. Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH (organizer) (April 17-May 29, 1977). 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. 157.
Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition of Portraits by Thomas Sully (1922), pp. 5-7, cat. no. 72, illus. p. 50.
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 20th Anniversary Exhibition (26 June-4 October, 1936), p. 29, no. 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), no. 6; p. 9-10.
Saginaw, Michigan, The Saginaw Museum, An Exhibition of American Paintings from Colonial Times until Today (10 January-15 February, 1948), p. 22, illus. no. 56, 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. no. 118.
Washington D.C., The National Portrait Gallery, Mr. Sully, Portrait Painter (3 June-5 September, 1983), p. 59, cat. no. 19, illus. p. 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.
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. 10, p. 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 id: 96263 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 relationship: --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1979.2/1916.1979.2_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1979.2/1916.1979.2_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1979.2/1916.1979.2_full.tif