Thomas Sully letters
name: label: Creator
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
label: Names
content: Mercur, Rodney Augustus, b. 1851
label: Names
content: Sully, Thomas, 1811-1847
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting -- 19th century -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1955-1962 by Charles E. Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portrait painter; Philadelphia, Pa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1831-1870
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sullthol
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D10 (fr. 1566-1573) available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters from Sully, one sending his autograph to Rodney A. Mercur, April 27, 1870; and to the Literary Society of Marshal College decling his election as an honorary member of the society, May 6, 1839; a copy of an engraving by John Sartain of Sully, signed by Sully; and a letter to "Jasper" from Sully's son, Thomas, Jr., responding for his father in his absence, July 1831.