# Abraham Kintzing, in 19th-century United States

Thomas Sully painted this in 1815, aged 32. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

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## The work

- Date: 1815
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 76.1 x 63.8 cm (29 15/16 x 25 1/8 in.) framed: 97.5 x 85.1 x 8.9 cm (38 3/8 x 33 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942.8.35
- 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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