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Palette for "Mother and Son;" verso: Sketch of Blanche Sully
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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.
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Mrs. A. W. Sully Brooklyn New York. 102 Cambridge Place
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Title: Palette for "Mother and Son;" verso: Sketch of Blanche Sully
Description:
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.
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