1840
This is Sully's palette for his portrait of his daughter, Jane Cooper Sully Darley, and her son, Francis Thomas Sully Darley, now at the Metropolitan Museum. The finished work is signed and dated 1840. The sketch on the back depicts Blanche Sully, another of the artist's daughters.
18.1 x 19.5 cm (7 1/8 x 7 11/16 in.)
Mrs. A. W. Sully, Brooklyn, New York. 102 Cambridge Place
Graphite and white gouache on blue laid paper
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19th-20th centuryAmericanBlack and white chalk on blue-gray wove paper
19th centuryAmericanRed chalk on blue-gray wove paper
19th centuryAmericanWatercolor and gouache over graphite on brown wove paper
19th centuryAmericanCharcoal on off-white laid paper
19th centuryAmericanCharcoal on off-white laid paper
19th-20th centuryAmericanBlack and brown pencil on off-white wove paper
19th centuryAmericanGraphite on off-white wove paper
19th-20th centuryAmericanWatercolor on off-white wove paper
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19th centuryAmerican