Smithsonian American Art Museum
Mary Walsh McBlair
Thomas Sully, born Horncastle, England 1783-died Philadelphia, PA 1872 · ca. 1801-1872
Thomas Sully traveled to England to study under Benjamin West in 1809. Upon his return, he emerged as one of Philadelphia’s leading miniaturists, and by 1830 was regarded as one of the best portrait painters in the country. Compared with his earlier, realistic work, Mary Walsh McBlair is painted in the more sentimental and romantic style that he adopted during his stay in England.
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