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Boston's own version of "Washington Crossing the Delaware," by Thomas Sully, a subject that always seems to demand enormous canvases and wall space, had to be accommodated by cutting a hole in the ceiling.
The New World Reborn Ada Louise Huxtable 2012
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Thomas Sully was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1783, and he immigrated with his family to Charleston, S.C., in 1792.
Washington's Crossing as Docudrama Patrick J. Walsh 2011
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Thomas Sully is unique among American painters for the quiet yet theatrical intensity of his work and his ability to draw the viewer into the drama.
Washington's Crossing as Docudrama Patrick J. Walsh 2011
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The Senate's collection is also vast, from the quite valuable (a Thomas Sully portrait of Thomas Jefferson, a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington) to items verging on flea market (Bill Clinton impeachment trial tickets and Senate "doodles" on scraps of paper) and even the china and silverware used at Barack Obama's presidential luncheon.
Daniel Grant: The U.S. Government's (Many) Art Curators Daniel Grant 2011
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On a visit to England in 1809, Thomas Sully met Benjamin West and took to heart West's belief that artists should create work that rises to the dignity of history and lives in posterity.
Washington's Crossing as Docudrama Patrick J. Walsh 2011
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The Senate's collection is also vast, from the quite valuable (a Thomas Sully portrait of Thomas Jefferson, a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington) to items verging on flea market (Bill Clinton impeachment trial tickets and Senate "doodles" on scraps of paper) and even the china and silverware used at Barack Obama's presidential luncheon.
Daniel Grant: The U.S. Government's (Many) Art Curators Daniel Grant 2011
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Rebecca Gratz was reportedly the model for Rebecca in Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe and her portrait was painted several times by the important artist Thomas Sully.
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How does a museum hang a 12-by-17-foot Thomas Sully painting that has a 16-inch gilded frame, was painted in 1819 and required 4,000 hours of restoration?
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Rebecca Gratz was reportedly the model for Rebecca in Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe and her portrait was painted several times by the important artist Thomas Sully.
Personal Information for Rebecca Gratz Jewish Women's Archive 2010
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And I think you'd be seeing -- this is the painting by Thomas Sully, the famous American painter.
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