When Thomas Sully painted fifteen-year-old Eliza Ridgely in the spring of 1818, he was widely regarded as America’s leading artist. Particularly noted for his graceful images of women, he was a natural choice to paint this Baltimore merchant’s daughter.
1818 Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Throughout his six-decade-long career, Andrew Wyeth painted lonely rural landscapes, closely observed portraits, and crisp interior still lifes in a characteristically realistic and finely detailed style. His landscapes are almost entirely of locations in the Chadds Ford and Brandywine area of Pennsylvania and in coastal Maine, the places where he grew up and lived all his life.
Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
This group portrait represents George Washington’s military, political, and family life. The president, in a Revolutionary War uniform, rests his hand on a plan for Washington, DC, the site for the new US capital.
Clarke, Exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928, annotated with information from
Other Venues: Cleveland Detroit Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 305); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance The artist; to Ruth Fine, Philadelphia
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 239); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1949, lot 170); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 314); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
1980 [2] Alain Locke, "Horace Pippin," in Horace Pippin Memorial Exhibition (Philadelphia
