LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

35.98 in. (91.40 cm.) (height) by 27.01 in. (68.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with the artist's initials and dated 'TS 1842.' (lower left)

Exhibited:

New York, Fine Arts Building, First Retrospective of American Art, Under the Direction of Mrs. Albert Sterner, Inaugurating the Junior Art Patrons of America, May 6-21, 1921, no. 45 (as George Washington).

Literature:

E. Biddle, M. Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully, 1783-1872, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1921, p. 310, no. 1897. E. Arens, First Retrospective of American Art, Under the Direction of Mrs. Albert Sterner, Inaugurating the Junior Art Patrons of America, New York, 1921, p. 19, frontispiece illustration (as George Washington on Horseback).

Provenance:

Mr. James C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy. Mr. James C. Dobbin, Jr., by descent. Hon. Charles M. Stedman, acquired from the above, 1890. Mr. Chester A.W. Best, New Bedford, Massachusetts. M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, acquired from the above. Mrs. Daniel H. Carstairs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, 1919. The A.B. Closson Jr., Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1942.