- Artist or Maker
- Thomas Sully
England, Horncastle, active United States, 1783-1872 - Title
- Portrait of the Misses Mary and Emily McEuen
- Date Made
- 1823
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Canvas: 44 1/4 × 34 1/4 in. (112.4 × 87 cm)
Frame: 55 × 45 × 5 1/2 in. (139.7 × 114.3 × 13.97 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2008.222
- Collecting Area
- American Art
- Curatorial Notes
In this double portrait, painted a year after their father’s death, two sisters glance at the viewer in a sentimental moment of familial love. With a portfolio of artwork in one sister’s hands and a floral arrangement reminiscent of a Dutch still-life painting on the table beside them, the young women appear cultured and engaged with the world around them. Thomas Sully, who spent most of his career in Philadelphia, was especially celebrated for his portraits.
- Selected Bibliography
- Kim, Woollin, Jinmyung Kim, and Songhyuk Yang, eds. Art Across America. Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 2013.
- Miller, Angela, and Chris McAuliffe, eds. America: Painting a Nation. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2013.