Lot 481: Thomas Willcocks Sully (American, 1811-1847)

Portrait of a Gentleman. Signed and dated "Th. Sully Jr. 1839" on the reverse. Oil on artist board, 9 5/8 x 8 1/8 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Minor craquelure, minute paint losses.

Note: Thomas Sully, Jr., was a son of American portrait painter Thomas Sully. He was a portrait and miniature painter active in Philadelphia during the 1830s and 1840s. He exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and The Artists' Fund Society.