# Mother and Son, in Thomas Sully

Thomas Sully painted this in 1840, aged 57. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: 1840
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 57 x 45 3/8 in. (144.8 x 115.3 cm)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 14.126.5
- 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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