# The Coleman Sisters, in Thomas Sully

Thomas Sully painted this in 1844, aged 61. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> Three sisters with dark ringlets gather around a small table: one turns to look back at us as she rests her hand on a red book, another, in golden yellow, lays a hand on her shoulder, and the third, seated in pale pink, gazes straight out beside a vase of flowers.

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## The work

- Date: 1844
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 112.5 x 87.5 cm (44 5/16 x 34 7/16 in.) framed: 146.7 x 121.9 x 14 cm (57 3/4 x 48 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1947.9.3
- 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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