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Photography by Dwight Primiano

Full Length Portrait of a Man

ArtistThomas Sully(1783-1872)
Dateca. 1837
MediumWatercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions15 x 13 7/8 x 1 3/8 in. (38.1 x 35.2 x 3.5 cm)
Inscription(s)verso, along edges, in pencil: tomorrow we work RS 3179 [indistinct] l.c.: James M Goodwyn [indistinct] verso, l.c.: two drawings: Mother and Children with Dog; Sketch with Figures
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.149
ClassificationWatercolor
Provenance(Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA); John Driscoll, New York, NY; to (Babcock Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2007
On ViewNo
Full Length Portrait…15 × 13.9 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 29× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.