# Charles Carnan Ridgely, in Thomas Sully

Thomas Sully painted this in 1820, aged 37. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> Charles Carnan Ridgely, governor of Maryland and master of Hampton, one of the grandest estates in the young United States, sits in a carved armchair draped with patterned fabric, a rich red curtain behind him.

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## The work

- Date: 1820
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 126.3 x 101.5 cm (49 3/4 x 39 15/16 in.) framed: 152.7 x 128.3 x 11.1 cm (60 1/8 x 50 1/2 x 4 3/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1945.12.1
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Thomas Sully](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/thomas-sully), American, 1783–1872

Sully was taken from England to America as a child by his actor parents and settled in Philadelphia in 1808. After brief study with Gilbert Stuart, he went to London, where he worked under Benjamin West and came under the influence of Thomas Lawrence.

7 works in the collection.

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