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Thomas Sully (1783-1872)

• Was an American portrait painter.
• Born in Horncastle, Great Britain.
• Thomas Sully he lived most of his life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• He studied with his brother-inlaw Jean Belzons, a French miniaturist.
• His subjects included United States presidents Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, Revolutionary War hero General Marquis de Lafayette, and many leading musicians and composers.
• In addition to portraits of wealthy patrons, he painted landscapes and historical pieces.
• Charles Henry Lanneau of South Carolina was his student.
• The World War II Liberty Ship SS Thomas Sully was named in his honor.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Musidora, 1813-35.
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