Harvard Art Museums > 1939.142: Palette for "Mother and Son;" verso: Sketch of Blanche Sully Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Palette for "Mother and Son;" verso: Sketch of Blanche Sully (Thomas Sully) , 1939.142,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/307783. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1939.142 People Thomas Sully, American (Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England 1783 - 1872 Philadelphia, PA) Title Palette for "Mother and Son;" verso: Sketch of Blanche Sully Other Titles Alternate Title: Thomas Sully's palette--a record of the colors he used in painting the portrait of his daughter Jane and her son T. Francis Darley at full-length; verso: Sketch of his daughter Blanche Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1840 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/307783 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil and black ink on cream card; verso: graphite Dimensions 18.1 x 19.5 cm (7 1/8 x 7 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: recto, black ink, in artist's hand: [Spots of color labelled:] Ivory black; ultramarine; Venetian red; Brown oker; Flake white; [Spots of color, each numbered] 1. Venetian red and white. 2. Ditto. 3. Brown oker, Venetian red, + white. 4. ditto. / 5. Chinese Vermilion. 6. Ditto & white. 7. Ultramarine & white. 8. Ultramarine / Burnt-terra-de-Sienna, + white. 9. Burnt terra-de-Sienna. 10. Ditto & Black. / 11. Indian red. / For finishing, add Asphaltum & madder lake. / NB sometimes I use Naples yellow instead of Brown oker, when the / lightness or purity of the complexion requires it. TS. / The above is the palette I used when painting / the Portrait of my daughter Jane Darley & Francis at full- / length. / Thos. Sully inscription: l.r., graphite: 23 inscription: upper edge, graphite: 1844; 20 inscription: envelope [mounted with palette], blue ink: Thomas Sully's Palette Record of the / colors he used in painting the Portraits / of his daughter Jane and his son T. / Francis Darley [sic] at full length / Date 1844- / On the reverse a pencil sketch of the / head of Blanche Sully daughter of the / artist. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Mrs. A. W. Sully, Brooklyn, New York. 102 Cambridge Place Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund Accession Year 1939 Object Number 1939.142 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions 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. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
