Memorial to his Mother, Sarah Sully, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

painter
Sully, Thomas 1783-1872
Frank, Robin Jaffee, "Love and loss: American portrait and mourning miniatures," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2000, no. 72.
"A checklist of American paintings at Yale University," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982.
Summary
A full-length female leans over a plinth under a willow tree. An urn is set on the stone.
Ca. 1801
Control number
IAP 07261567
Type
Paintings-Miniature
Paintings
Medium
Watercolor and chopped hair on ivory
Owner/Location
Yale University Art Gallery 1111 Chapel Street New Haven Connecticut 06520 Accession Number: 1940.536
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Primitive--Mourning
Homage--Sully, Sarah
Figure female--Full length
Architecture--Monument--Gravestone
Landscape--Tree--Willow Tree
Record ID
siris_ari_38322
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