Object Number 1975.0115.001 A

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Benjamin Tevis

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Thomas Sully (Artist)
06/19/1783-11/15/1872

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1822

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Below center; TS, 1822

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

30.25 (H) , 25.25 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

76.83 (H) , 64.13 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as cat. no. 57, pp. 112-3.
[Article] 09//1975 "Sully Portraits Added to Collection". Winterthur Newsletter. 21 (7): 1-3.
• Published on pp. 1-3.
[Book] Biddle, Edward & Fielding, Mantle. 1921 The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872).
• Listed as no. 1774, p. 295.
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published on p.107, cat. no. 17.