Thomas Sully papers
name: label: Creator
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
topic: label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Prints -- 19th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Microfilmed 1956 by the Archives of American Art with other art-related papers in the Manuscript Division of the New York Public Library. Included in the microfilming project were selected papers of the Art Division and the Prints Division.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portrait painter; Philadelphia, Pa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items ((619 p. on 1 microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1792-1871
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sullthom2
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel N18 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals in the New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Finding aid available at Archives of American Art offices, filed New York Public Library.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Register of paintings, 1801-1871 (1 v., 139 p.); Sully's hints for pictures, 1809-1871 (179 p. typescript), including techniques for painting portraits, ingredients for colors, care and preservation of paintings, criticisms of other artists and explanations of their paintings and techniques; and a journal, 1792-1793 and 1799-1846 (1 v., 301 p. typescript).